Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe:
Solo Viola da Gamba Suite in D minor - I. Prélude, VII. Chaconne
Bass Viol Suite No. 2 in E minor - I. Prélude
Solo Viola da Gamba Suite No. 3 in G - Mvts II-V
Bass Viol Suite No. 1 in G minor - VI. Fantaisie en Rondeau

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (transcr. in D minor) - Mvts II-VII
Cello Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012

7 Movements; three suites each with seven movements. In her intriguing new album, viola da gambist Johanna Rose places a prelude by Sainte-Colombe (father)in front of the six movement Bach suite in D minor, and finished the D major Bach suite with a chaconne by Sainte-Colombe. The third ‘suite’ is an all family affair with music by both father and son, fashioned into a suite by Rose.

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Recording: Sputnik Studios, London, 16–18 November 2021. Instrument: 7-string viola da gamba by Robert Louis Baille (August 2021) after a design by Robert Louis Baille and Johanna Rose after viol models by Guarneri and Stradivari.