Robert Smith, Israel Golani, Joshua Cheatham, Olivier Fortin – La Gracieuse: Pièces de Viole by Marin Marais (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:11 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
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Critically acclaimed Amsterdam-based viola da gamba player, Robert Smith returns to Resonus to present a stunning programme of suites by the French Baroque composer Marin Marais, a prolific writer for the instrument. Selected from across Marais five volumes of Pièces de Viole, the album presents some of Marais most striking and characterful works, which are brought sensationally to life by Smith and his outstanding ensemble. Brought together specially for this recording, the group features harpsichordist Olivier Fortin, viola da gamba player Joshua Cheatham, and theorbo player and Baroque guitarist Israel Golani.
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Robert Smith – Telemann: Fantasias for Viola da Gamba (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:13 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
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Lost to the world for centuries, the recent rediscovery in 2015 of Georg Philipp Telemann’s twelve Fantasias for viola da gamba represents a major addition to the solo repertoire of the instrument.
In the year of the 250th anniversary of Telemann’s death, acclaimed Amsterdam-based gambist Robert Smith brings these long forgotten works back to life with this striking recording of the complete set of twelve fantasias in a vital addition to the Telemann discography – one of earliest recordings of these eagerly anticipated works.
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Robert Smith – J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:49 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Classical
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Critically acclaimed Amsterdam-based viola da gamba player Robert Smith joins with the celebrated Italian harpsichordist Francesco Corti to present a new recording of four prime examples of this genre, Bach’s three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord along with a Sonata by his close contemporary Christopher Schaffrath.
Completing the album is a new work by Robert Smith – based on Henry Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” this innovative new work for the instrument absorbs broad influences from both the eighteenth century and the heavy-metal band Metallica.