C.P.E. Bach / Balestracci/ Corsi - Virtuosity & Grace - Sonatas for viola da gamba AEC Video had long dreamt of playing

had long dreamt of playing and reciting this unique work

bass and drums mix under-pinning the vocals

The releases were under various guises - Clara Ward as a solo artist

along with most of their A & B sides from their singles for the Hickory label from this era

C.P.E. Bach / Balestracci/ Corsi - Virtuosity & Grace - Sonatas for viola da gamba AEC Video had long dreamt of playingThis album is a story of family and friendship. Positioned between homage to a father figure and modernity, the viola da gamba sonatas of Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian Bach are a revealing element in the history of the Bach family and it's ties of friendship with two families of virtuoso instrumentalists, the Abels and the Hesses, who had already inspired the work of Johann Sebastian. Carl Philipp Emanuel was active in Berlin, encouraged