Jonathan DUNFORD
@saintecolombe.bsky.social
Jonathan Dunford is an American violist specializing in the baroque repertoire.
🎻✨ Discover the magic of Shakespeare Time with this incredible music for two lyra-viols, recorded right here in Paris! 🇫🇷
Every note captures the elegance and mystery of 17th-century England — a rare and beautiful journey into early music. 🎶🕰️
open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
Every note captures the elegance and mystery of 17th-century England — a rare and beautiful journey into early music. 🎶🕰️
open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
John Merro's Book: Music for Lyra Viol from 17th Century England
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December 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🎻✨ Discover the magic of Shakespeare Time with this incredible music for two lyra-viols, recorded right here in Paris! 🇫🇷
Every note captures the elegance and mystery of 17th-century England — a rare and beautiful journey into early music. 🎶🕰️
open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
Every note captures the elegance and mystery of 17th-century England — a rare and beautiful journey into early music. 🎶🕰️
open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
Mr. Marsh's Lyra-Viol Book
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Before Marin Marais began publishing his music, as a very young man he composed this rare piece for solo unaccompanied viola da gamba 🎶✨
I’m performing it on an original 1741 Paris-built Salomon viol — a beautiful survivor from Marais’ own world ❤️🎻
music.apple.com/fr/album/mar...
I’m performing it on an original 1741 Paris-built Salomon viol — a beautiful survivor from Marais’ own world ❤️🎻
music.apple.com/fr/album/mar...
Marin Marais: Les folies originelles - EP par Jonathan Dunford sur Apple Music
Album · 2021 · 1 morceau
music.apple.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Before Marin Marais began publishing his music, as a very young man he composed this rare piece for solo unaccompanied viola da gamba 🎶✨
I’m performing it on an original 1741 Paris-built Salomon viol — a beautiful survivor from Marais’ own world ❤️🎻
music.apple.com/fr/album/mar...
I’m performing it on an original 1741 Paris-built Salomon viol — a beautiful survivor from Marais’ own world ❤️🎻
music.apple.com/fr/album/mar...
🎶✨ A musical treasure worth rediscovering! ✨🎶
This album features rarely-heard works by John Jenkins and Christopher Simpson, beautifully performed on the Lyra viol — an instrument reconstructed from authentic 17th-century measurements. 🎻🕰️
🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
This album features rarely-heard works by John Jenkins and Christopher Simpson, beautifully performed on the Lyra viol — an instrument reconstructed from authentic 17th-century measurements. 🎻🕰️
🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
Music for the Viol Lyra-Way
open.spotify.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🎶✨ A musical treasure worth rediscovering! ✨🎶
This album features rarely-heard works by John Jenkins and Christopher Simpson, beautifully performed on the Lyra viol — an instrument reconstructed from authentic 17th-century measurements. 🎻🕰️
🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
This album features rarely-heard works by John Jenkins and Christopher Simpson, beautifully performed on the Lyra viol — an instrument reconstructed from authentic 17th-century measurements. 🎻🕰️
🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...
🎻✨ Stepping back in time in Paris… 🎶 Discovering the album Sainte‑Colombe le fils by Jonathan Dunford (2021) : music.apple.com/fr/album/sai...
Sainte-Colombe le fils par Jonathan Dunford sur Apple Music
Album · 2021 · 8 morceaux
music.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🎻✨ Stepping back in time in Paris… 🎶 Discovering the album Sainte‑Colombe le fils by Jonathan Dunford (2021) : music.apple.com/fr/album/sai...
open.spotify.com/track/5trMHX...
One of the most beautifully odd pieces from 17th-century English lyra-viol music, played on a real 17th-century English viol. 🎻✨
A little window into a soundworld where elegance curls around eccentricity. 🕯️📜
One of the most beautifully odd pieces from 17th-century English lyra-viol music, played on a real 17th-century English viol. 🎻✨
A little window into a soundworld where elegance curls around eccentricity. 🕯️📜
Gervise Gerrarde: Paven
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
open.spotify.com/track/5trMHX...
One of the most beautifully odd pieces from 17th-century English lyra-viol music, played on a real 17th-century English viol. 🎻✨
A little window into a soundworld where elegance curls around eccentricity. 🕯️📜
One of the most beautifully odd pieces from 17th-century English lyra-viol music, played on a real 17th-century English viol. 🎻✨
A little window into a soundworld where elegance curls around eccentricity. 🕯️📜
🎶 Recorded in Paris on a 1741 viola da gamba by Salomon, this playlist features music that has never been recorded before!
A journey through rare and expressive French baroque sounds 🇫🇷✨
🎧 Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
🎻💿🌟
A journey through rare and expressive French baroque sounds 🇫🇷✨
🎧 Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
🎻💿🌟
This Is Jonathan Dunford
open.spotify.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🎶 Recorded in Paris on a 1741 viola da gamba by Salomon, this playlist features music that has never been recorded before!
A journey through rare and expressive French baroque sounds 🇫🇷✨
🎧 Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
🎻💿🌟
A journey through rare and expressive French baroque sounds 🇫🇷✨
🎧 Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
🎻💿🌟
Step back to Shakespeare’s England! 🌿✨ Experience the delicate, enchanting sounds of the lyra viol 🎻, the favorite string instrument of poets and composers alike. Let the melodies of the Renaissance transport you to candlelit courts and Elizabethan gardens 🌸🕯️.
open.spotify.com/playlist/25a...
open.spotify.com/playlist/25a...
William Corkine: Lessons and Ayres for the Lyra Viol – Complete Works
open.spotify.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Step back to Shakespeare’s England! 🌿✨ Experience the delicate, enchanting sounds of the lyra viol 🎻, the favorite string instrument of poets and composers alike. Let the melodies of the Renaissance transport you to candlelit courts and Elizabethan gardens 🌸🕯️.
open.spotify.com/playlist/25a...
open.spotify.com/playlist/25a...
🎶✨ Recorded in Paris… on historical instruments! 🇫🇷🎻
Each piece in this playlist was brought to life with the warmth and authenticity of instruments that have sung for centuries.
Listen here 🎧👇
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Each piece in this playlist was brought to life with the warmth and authenticity of instruments that have sung for centuries.
Listen here 🎧👇
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Music for the Viola da Gamba from 17th and 18th century Europe recorded in Paris France and played on old French instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Visit our webpage to download or buy alb...
music.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎶✨ Recorded in Paris… on historical instruments! 🇫🇷🎻
Each piece in this playlist was brought to life with the warmth and authenticity of instruments that have sung for centuries.
Listen here 🎧👇
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Each piece in this playlist was brought to life with the warmth and authenticity of instruments that have sung for centuries.
Listen here 🎧👇
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.apple.com/fr/album/sui...
🎶 Suitte d’un Goût Étranger – La Rêveuse
📀 Listen on Apple Music
This recording includes markings added in 1740 by someone closely connected to Marin Marais 🎼
👉 It’s the first-ever recording made on a 1741 Parisian viol, contemporary with the manuscript. 🎻✨
🎶 Suitte d’un Goût Étranger – La Rêveuse
📀 Listen on Apple Music
This recording includes markings added in 1740 by someone closely connected to Marin Marais 🎼
👉 It’s the first-ever recording made on a 1741 Parisian viol, contemporary with the manuscript. 🎻✨
Suitte d'un Goût Étranger: 82. La Rêveuse par Jonathan Dunford, Sylvia Abramowicz & Pierre-Etienne Nataf sur Apple Music
Morceau · 2018 · Durée 7:31
music.apple.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
music.apple.com/fr/album/sui...
🎶 Suitte d’un Goût Étranger – La Rêveuse
📀 Listen on Apple Music
This recording includes markings added in 1740 by someone closely connected to Marin Marais 🎼
👉 It’s the first-ever recording made on a 1741 Parisian viol, contemporary with the manuscript. 🎻✨
🎶 Suitte d’un Goût Étranger – La Rêveuse
📀 Listen on Apple Music
This recording includes markings added in 1740 by someone closely connected to Marin Marais 🎼
👉 It’s the first-ever recording made on a 1741 Parisian viol, contemporary with the manuscript. 🎻✨
🎧💿✨ Pure sound, no compromise — streaming in true CD-quality audio.
Immerse yourself in the delicate poetry of 17th-century England on the lyra-viol 🎶🎻
Every note, every detail, just as it was meant to be heard. 🔊💎
Listen now: tidal.com/album/443642...
#jonathandunford #violadagamba #violedegambe
Immerse yourself in the delicate poetry of 17th-century England on the lyra-viol 🎶🎻
Every note, every detail, just as it was meant to be heard. 🔊💎
Listen now: tidal.com/album/443642...
#jonathandunford #violadagamba #violedegambe
Jonathan Dunford - William Corkine: Lessons and Ayres for the Lyra Viol – Complete Works
Listen to William Corkine: Lessons and Ayres for the Lyra Viol – Complete Works on TIDAL
tidal.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🎧💿✨ Pure sound, no compromise — streaming in true CD-quality audio.
Immerse yourself in the delicate poetry of 17th-century England on the lyra-viol 🎶🎻
Every note, every detail, just as it was meant to be heard. 🔊💎
Listen now: tidal.com/album/443642...
#jonathandunford #violadagamba #violedegambe
Immerse yourself in the delicate poetry of 17th-century England on the lyra-viol 🎶🎻
Every note, every detail, just as it was meant to be heard. 🔊💎
Listen now: tidal.com/album/443642...
#jonathandunford #violadagamba #violedegambe