Viktor Topelmann - Exquisite Delight (2023)

Exquisite Delight awaits the listener on Viktor Topelmann's new solo album with viol music by Carl Friedrich Abel, Franz Xaver Hammer und Andreas Lidl. Virtuoso Allegros, sentimental Adagios and dancing Minuets come to life in Viktor Topelmann's interpretation of sonatas and solo music from this last bloom of viol music in the late 18th century. He plays an original bass viol by Barak Norman (London 1722) and he is accompanied by the cellist Gerhart Darmstadt.
Tracklist
1. Sonata à Viola da gamba con Violoncello in D Major: I. Allegro Spirituoso (4:15)
2. Sonata à Viola da gamba con Violoncello in D Major: II. Adagio Cantabile (3:03)
3. Sonata à Viola da gamba con Violoncello in D Major: III. Tempo di Menuetto – Rondeau (2:50)
4. Adagio for viola da gamba solo in D Minor, AbelWV A30 (4:28)
5. Sonata à Viola di Gamba Solo et Basso in E Minor, AbelWV B39: I. Siciliano (2:37)
6. Sonata à Viola di Gamba Solo et Basso in E Minor, AbelWV B39: II. Allegro (3:56)
7. Sonata à Viola di Gamba Solo et Basso in E Minor, AbelWV B39: III. Presto (3:00)
8. Duetto per la Viola da Gamba con Violoncello in D Major, AbelWV B73: I. Allegro (5:35)
9. Duetto per la Viola da Gamba con Violoncello in D Major, AbelWV B73: II. Rondeau – Tempo di Menuet (2:36)
10. Adagio from Sonatta à Viola di Gamba[et Basso] in A Major (7:40)
11. Allegretto for viola da gamba solo in A Major, AbelWV A32 (3:31)
12. Sonata II à Viola da gamba e Violoncello in C Major: I. Moderato (4:13)
13. Sonata II à Viola da gamba e Violoncello in C Major: II. Adagio (2:24)
14. Sonata II à Viola da gamba e Violoncello in C Major: III. Rondeau (2:13)
15. Adagio for viola da gamba solo in D Major, AbelWV A6 (5:03)
16. Sonata Viola da gamba et Basso in G Minor, AbelWV B92: I. Allegro (4:46)
17. Sonata Viola da gamba et Basso in G Minor, AbelWV B92: II. Adagio (3:08)
18. Sonata Viola da gamba et Basso in G Minor, AbelWV B92: III. Tempo di Minuet (3:00)
19. Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: In diesen heil'gen Hallen (Anonymous Arrangement for Viola da Gamba - Adapted for Violoncello and Viola da Gamba by Gerhart Da (4:07)