Alejandro Marias - Abel: The Drexel Manuscript 27 Pieces For Sola Vio [CD] staff_pick Like Claudia Monteverdi Verrijt enlivens

Like Claudia Monteverdi Verrijt enlivens his complex multi-part church music with techniques borrowed from the madrigal and from opera

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was able to imply the beat and slightly adjust his style when playing solos

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Alejandro Marias - Abel: The Drexel Manuscript 27 Pieces For Sola Vio [CD] staff_pick Like Claudia Monteverdi Verrijt enlivensCarl Friedrich Abel was known in 18th century London as the greatest gamba player of his day. Having been taught in Leipzig by JS Bach, Abel later worked closely with 'the London Bach', Johann Christian, and his own music shares a quality of liminal fantasy with that of his friend, poised as they were (in retrospect) on the threshold of the Baroque and Classical eras. Having moved to London for good in 1759, Abel soon attracted the admiration of the