Johanna Rose / Javier Nuñez C.P.E. BACH 3 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba

Composed during his time at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin, Bach’s sonatas provided the court gambist with ample opportunities to display both virtuosity and sensitivity. The viola da gamba was going out of fashion when the forward-looking C.P.E. Bach composed these works, however, they represent some of the finest and most expressive music in the instrument’s repertoire.

German Viola da Gambist Johanna Rose is a member of Accademia del Piacere and has worked with many ensembles including La grande Chapelle, La Orchesta Barroca de Sevilla. She has performed throughout Europe, South America and Japan. Johanna studied at the Schola Cantorum in Basel with Paolo Pandolfo and later in Vittorio Chielmi in Lugano and Venturo Rico in Seville where she now lives. The recording of the three CPE Bach Viola da Gamba sonatas with Javier Nuñez is her debut solo album. (Rubicon Classics)