Carl Philip Emannuel Bach's works lie on the border between the baroque and classical eras. The viola da gamba, an aristocratic baroque instrument, speaks here...

Carl Philip Emannuel Bach's works lie on the border between the baroque and classical eras. The viola da gamba, an aristocratic baroque instrument, speaks here the language of renewal: arpeggios and passages of double stopping contrast with elegiac melodies, and consoling meditations with frenzy.