Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonate en sol pour viole de gambe et clavecin, BWV 1027 (trans. pour violoncelle et clavecin)
Sonate en ré pour viole de gambe et clavecin, BWV 1028 (trans. pour violoncelle et clavecin)
Sonate en sol mineur pour viole de gambe et clavecin, BWV 1029 (trans. pour violoncelle et clavecin)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Trio en sol mineur pour viole de gambe et clavecin, Wq 88 (trans. pour violoncelle et clavecin)

The Brook Street Band

Tatty Theo, violoncelle baroque
Carolyn Gibley, clavecin

The Brook Street Band has easily earned its reputation as “the smartest new baroque band around (The Times, London). Among today’s most notable Handel specialists, the group’s founder, cellist Tatty Theo, and harpsichordist, Carolyn Gibley, turn their attention for only the second time to the music of J. S. Bach as well as his son Carl Philip Emmanuel. Like father, like son, each wrote three Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord. These works have long been a valued part of the cello repertoire, but this recording is the first to make use of a regular four-string baroque cello.