Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena - Carl Friedrich Abel: Six Symphonies, Op.7 (1988)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 275 Mb | Total time: 59:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 8648 | Recorded: 1987
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 275 Mb | Total time: 59:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 8648 | Recorded: 1987
Carl Friedrich Abel (b. December 22, 1723 in Cöthen) was one of the most renowned viola da gamba players of his day. It was probably for Carl's father, Christian Ferdinand Abel, that Johann Sebastian Bach composed his famous solo cello suites.
Following his education at the Thomasschule under J.S. Bach, he initially took a post under Johann Adolf Hasse in the Dresden court orchestra, and remained there for a decade before traveling to London 1759. There he met and eventually shared a room with Johann Christian Bach.