I.M's video: F X Hammer - 5 Gamba sonatas

5 SONATAS by the last gambist, Franz Xaver Hammer (1741-1817). Sonata No. 1 for viola da gamba & continuo in A Major I. Adagio - 0:04 II. Allegro: Tempo giusto - 4:52 III. Menuetto - 11:06 IV. Rondo scherzando - V. Auf die gamba: Arioso VI. Hongarese Sonata No. 2 for viola da gamba & continuo in D Major I. Allegro spirituoso II. Adagio cantabile III. Tempo di menuetto Sonata No. 3 for viola da gamba & continuo in D Major I. Adagio II. Allegro III. Menuetto IV. Scherzando Sonata No. 4 for viola da gamba & continuo in D Major I. Moderato II. Adagio cantabile III. Rondeau Sonata No. 5 for viola da gamba & continuo in A Major I. Cantabile II. Vivace III. Tempo di menuetto Simone Eckert (viola da gamba) Dorothee Palm (violoncello) Ulrich Wedemeier (theorbo) Karl-Ernst Went (harpsichord / forte-piano) *** *** *** Picture: A musical party at Ludwigslust (1770s) by Georg David Matthieu (1737-78).