From Silence Miguel Bonal

• Tobias Hume (1569 - 1645): The First Part of Ayres:
• 1 Hume: The First Part of Ayres: No. 1, Captain Humes Pavin 04:18
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Sonata in D Major, TWV 40:1:
• 2 Telemann: Sonata in D Major, TWV 40:1: I. Andante 03:04
• 3 Telemann: Sonata in D Major, TWV 40:1: II. Vivace 01:42
• 4 Telemann: Sonata in D Major, TWV 40:1: III. Recitativo 01:29
• 5 Telemann: Sonata in D Major, TWV 40:1: IV. Arioso. Andante 01:40
• 6 Telemann: Sonata in D Major, TWV 40:1: V. Vivace 02:31
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728): Pièces de viole, Livre II, Suite No. 3 in D Major:
• 7 Marais: Pièces de viole, Livre II, Suite No. 3 in D Major: Les Voix humaines 05:35
• Johannes Schenck (1660 - 1712): Scherzi musicali, Op. 6: Sonata in D Minor:
• 8 Schenck: Scherzi musicali, Op. 6: Sonata in D Minor: I. Preludium 01:36
• 9 Schenck: Scherzi musicali, Op. 6: Sonata in D Minor: II. Ouverture. Adagio 02:58
• 10 Schenck: Scherzi musicali, Op. 6: Sonata in D Minor: III. Tempo di Gavotte. Vivace 03:02
• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787): The Drexel Manuscript:
• 11 Abel: The Drexel Manuscript: Arpeggiata 03:18
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1660 - 1712): Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal):
• 12 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal): I. Prélude 03:30
• 13 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal): II. Allemande 03:00
• 14 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal): III. Courante 02:07
• 15 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal): IV. Sarabande 04:06
• 16 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal): V. Menuets I & II 02:27
• 17 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal): VI. Gigue 02:35
• Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909): Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Arr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal):
• 18 Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Arr. for Viola da Gamba by Miguel Bonal) 04:01
• Carl Friedrich Abel: The Drexel Manuscript:
• 19 Abel: The Drexel Manuscript: Adagio in D Major 01:49
• Tobias Hume: The First Part of Ayres:
• 20 Hume: The First Part of Ayres: No. 48, Loves Farewell 02:49
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): 3 Songs, Op. 7:
• 21 Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve (Arr. for Viola da Gamba and Archute by Miguel Bonal and Jeremy Nastasi) 03:07
• Total Runtime 01:00:44

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Born in Zaragoza in 1999, Miguel Bonal began studying the viola da gamba at the age of seven. He continued his higher education at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, where he obtained the highest distinctions. For his first solo recital, released as part of the Alpha Classics "Baroque Stories" series dedicated to new talent, he presents a programme of reference works written for the viola da gamba as well as transcriptions: we move from the magnificent soldierly music of Tobias Hume to the refinement of Marin Marais and Abel, from the virtuosity of Schenck to the stylistic synthesis of Telemann... Miguel Bonal also allows us to hear all the mystery of Bach's Suite for Cello No. 2 in D minor played on the viola da gamba, before venturing into 19th-century music with Gabriel Fauré's famous Après un rêve and Francisco Tárrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra, further evidence of the timelessness of the viola da gamba.

Miguel Bonal, viola da gamba

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Miguel Bonal
Born in Zaragoza in 1999, Miguel began his musical training at the age of four thanks to his parents' encouragement, starting with piano lessons. Two years later, he discovered the viola da gamba, an instrument that captivated him with its sound and expressiveness. At the age of seven, he entered the Zaragoza Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Fernando Marín.

His commitment to the instrument led him, at the age of 18, to move to Barcelona to study viola da gamba at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC), under the tutelage of Emmanuel Balsa, obtaining a first-class honours degree. During this period, he broadened his training by studying the baroque cello.

In 2021, she moved to The Hague (Netherlands) to pursue a Master's degree in viola da gamba at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, studying with Mieneke van der Velden. She completed her studies with honours and distinction for her ‘great virtuosity and musicality’.

He has received advice from renowned performers such as Guido Balestracci, Marianne Muller, Myriam Rignol, Noelia Reverte, Vittorio Ghielmi and Wieland Kuijken, and occasionally collaborates with artists such as Olivier Fortin (Ensemble Masques) and Manuel Minguillón (Collegium Musicum Madrid).

His artistic career has taken him to countries such as South Korea and Mexico, where he has also given master classes.

Miguel Bonal has been recognised in various national competitions, including the 2020 Spanish Youth Music Competition., where he won First Prize, the EMCY Prize and the Úbeda and Baeza Festival Prize. At the 2021 Primer Palau, held at the Palau de la Música Catalana, he was awarded a runner-up prize, the Critics' Prize and the Catalunya Música Prize, which enabled him to record his first solo album, From silence, including his own arrangement of Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega.

Since 2021, Miguel has been the project director of Patrimonio Sonoro and currently combines his artistic activity with teaching the viola da gamba at the Murcia Professional Conservatory of Music.

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