That is what these two CDs offer. Their focus is the viola da gamba -- the not-quite-cello-size viol, with six strings tuned in fourths and a major third in the middle. Advertisement ...

The viola da gamba, or viol -- a fretted, plaintive-toned bowed instrument, played on the leg like a cello -- was already on its way out when Henry Purcell composed his "Fantasias" in the early ...

Sarah Mead discovered her sound at a young age through a unique instrument — the viola da gamba. Familiarly known as the ‘viol’ with a similar appearance to a cello, this instrument has six strings, ...

The viola da gamba, also known as a viol, was born towards the end of the 15th century in Spain, says Sarah Mead, an associate professor of music at Brandeis University.

At the time, Hunt was already at work on a project to record J.S. Bach’s complete solo cello suites and viola da gamba sonatas.

Slightly larger than a cello, the baryton is a combination of the harp and viola da gamba, a bowed-string instrument with six or seven strings and frets.

Viola da gambist, Lixsania Fernandez and the Recondita Armonia Ensemble play six of the fifteen sonatas from Shenck's Tyd en konst-oeffeningen on a 2014 Brilliant Classics release.

Judith Davidoff, who mastered an assortment of stringed instruments not widely played for centuries, especially the cello-like viola da gamba, and became a leading proponent and player of early ...

That is what these two CDs offer. Their focus is the viola da gamba -- the not-quite-cello-size viol, with six strings tuned in fourths and a major third in the middle. Advertisement ...

The viola da gamba, also known as a viol, was born towards the end of the 15th century in Spain, says Sarah Mead, an associate professor of music at Brandeis University.