Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Fantasia No. 10 for Solo Viola da gamba in E-Major, TWV 40:35, III. Scherzando. Performed by Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba.
Viola Da Gamba made by Nicholas Leadoff in Vienna, Italy. Once owned by David Popper in the 1860's who performed with Johannes Brahms and was the teacher of Adolf Shiffer the teacher of Janos Starker.
Arpeggio from the Drexel Manuscript of Karl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787)
Johanna Rose - viola da gamba
Filmed and recorded by Félix Vázquez (buenasombrafilms) in December 2021 in Seville. 7 string viola da gamba made by Robert Louis Baille.
In Nomine a 4 no. 1 by William Byrd (1539/40 - 1623). Listen to this piece, and you might begin to understand why I spend so much time in later 16th and early 17th C England musically...
I wish I could still play the viol. Unfortunately, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome has given me a left thumb that can’t support a viol’s fingerboard.
Dmitry Bortnyansky (1751-1825) - Sinfonia Concertante for Piano, Harp, 2 Violins, Viola da gamba, Bassoon and Cello in B-flat Major (1790), I. Allegro maestoso. Performed by Pavel Serbin/Pratum Integrum Orchestra on period instruments.