»Exquisite Delight« awaits the listener on Viktor Töpelmann’s new solo album with viol music by Carl Friedrich Abel, Franz Xaver Hammer und Andreas Lidl. Virtuoso Allegros, sentimental Adagios and dancing Minuets come to life in Viktor Töpelmann’s interpretation of sonatas and solo music from this last bloom of viol music in the late 18th century. He plays an original bass viol by Barak Norman (London 1722) and he is accompanied by the cellist Gerhart Darmstadt.
With »Harmonice Mundi« Viktor Töpelmann and Daniela Niedhammer present an equally creative as historically informed re-imagination of music for viola da gamba and organ from 17th-century Austria – performed on two outstanding historical instruments.
Viktor Töpelmann, viola da gamba (Hanß Khögl, Wien 1674)
Daniela Niedhammer, organ (Hans Vogl, Vormoos 1662)
Carl Friedrich Abel, Adagio in d for viol solo, WK209
Live recording: St. Michael Rain am Lech, August 2020
Viktor Töpelmann, viola da gamba (Reinhard Ossenbrunner 1979)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Allemande in G-major for cello solo (from BWV1007)
Live recording: St. Michael Rain am Lech, June 2020
Viktor Töpelmann, baroque violoncello (Reinhard Ossenbrunner 2017)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Allemande in c-minor for cello solo (from BWV1011)
Live recording: St. Michael Rain am Lech, May 2020
Viktor Töpelmann, baroque violoncello (Reinhard Ossenbrunner 2017)
Tobias Hume, Captaine Humes Pavan (from Captaine Humes Musicall Humors – The First Part of Ayres, London 1605)
Live recording: Kaisersaal Stift Kremsmünster, June 2018
Viktor Töpelmann, viola da gamba (made by Hanß Khögl in 1674 for the Benedictine abbey Kremsmünster)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Christ lag in Todes Banden – Versus 1 (from BWV4)
Live recording: St. Markus München, October 2018
Vokal Ensemble München – Ensemble Templum Musicum
Viktor Töpelmann, conductor
Dieterich Buxtehude, Herzlich lieb hab ich Dich, o Herr – Versus 1 (from BuxWV41)
Live recording: St. Markus München, October 2018
Vokal Ensemble München – Ensemble Templum Musicum
Viktor Töpelmann, conductor
Ludwig Senfl, Ave Maria (from Novum et insigne opus musicum, Nürnberg 1537)
Live recording: St. Sylvester München, December 2019
Vokal Ensemble München – Viktor Töpelmann, conductor