一個在倫敦的波希米亞人 戈特弗里德·芬格的小提琴奏鳴曲 黃金國二重奏 Duo Dorado / Gottfried Finger: A Bohemian in London

倫敦的波希米亞人  戈特弗里德·芬格的小提琴奏鳴曲
黑澤爾．布魯克斯 小提琴
大衛．波洛克 大鍵琴/管風琴

Duo Dorado
Hazel Brooks (violin)
David Pollock (harpsichord/organ)

Gottfried Finger was a Moravian composer and virtuoso viol player. Born in Olomouc, in the modern-day Czech Republic, and arriving in England in 1685, Finger worked for the court of James II before becoming a freelance composer.

Hazel Brooks has spent a great deal of time researching the music for this recording, all of which may be found in the British Library manuscript Add. 31466, the single biggest source of violin sonatas by Finger.

She writes: ‘Finger's sonatas contain a quirky mix of styles. Bohemian features from his homeland, simpler Corellian traits, and the occasional nod to the English Purcellian school are fitted together like crazy paving. This is what gives them their unique charm. Many are made up of contrasting short sections rather than separate movements, sometimes linked by short passages for basso continuo alone, both features characteristic of the Biber school.

Finger left a large number of sonatas for violin and basso continuo. We performed them all, immersing ourselves in the style, and this recording presents the finest selection from his output. Because he is known principally for his copious published recorder pieces, aimed at the amateur market, Finger has sometimes been dismissed as a composer of trivial, unadventurous music. I hope that this recording will help to change that mindset, so that Finger finally receives the recognition he deserves.'