Il Violoncello di Corelli: Works by Boni, Colombi, Gabrielli, Lulier & Vitali Alessandro Palmeri

• Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 - 1692):
• 1 Toccata (No. 1 from "Partite sopra diverse sonate per il violone, ca. 1680") 00:59
• 2 Ruggiero per la lettera B (No. 2 from "Partite sopra diverse sonate per il violone, ca. 1680") 02:22
• Domenico Gabrielli (1659 - 1690):
• 3 Ricercar 6 in G Major (No. 7 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 04:54
• Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1662 - 1700): Sonata in F Major per il violone solo col basso per l'organo o cembalo:
• 4 Sonata in F Major per il violone solo col basso per l'organo o cembalo: I. Presto - Allegro 01:57
• 5 Sonata in F Major per il violone solo col basso per l'organo o cembalo: II. Adagio 01:24
• 6 Sonata in F Major per il violone solo col basso per l'organo o cembalo: III. Aria 01:13
• Giovanni Battista Vitali:
• 7 Capriccio - Passagalli per la lettera E (Nos. 8 and 7 from "Partite sopra diverse sonate per il violone, ca. 1680") 02:39
• Domenico Gabrielli:
• 8 Ricercar 7 in D Minor (No. 8 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 07:23
• Pietro Giuseppe Gaetano Boni (1686 - 1750): Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 10:
• 9 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 10: I. Largo 02:25
• 10 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 10: II. Allegro 02:18
• 11 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 10: III. Largo 02:36
• 12 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 10: IV. Allegro 00:54
• Giovanni Battista Vitali:
• 13 Capriccio sopra otto figure (No. 5 from "Partite sopra diverse sonate per il violone, ca. 1680") 03:30
• Domenico Gabrielli:
• 14 Ricercar 5 in C Major (No. 5 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 03:32
• Giuseppe Colombi (1635 - 1694):
• 15 Tromba a Basso Solo 03:32
• Domenico Gabrielli: Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo (No. 1) in G Major:
• 16 Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo (No. 1) in G Major: I. Grave - Adagio - Presto (No. 9 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 01:24
• 17 Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo (No. 1) in G Major: II. (Allegro) (No. 9 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 01:43
• 18 Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo (No. 1) in G Major: III. Largo (No. 9 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 02:03
• 19 Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo (No. 1) in G Major: IV. Presto (No. 9 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 00:50
• 20 Canon à due violoncelli in D Major (No. 6 from "Ricercari, canone e sonate per violoncello, 1689") 02:57
• Giuseppe Colombi:
• 21 Chiacona a Basso Solo in F Major 02:36
• Total Runtime 53:11

Info for Il Violoncello di Corelli: Works by Boni, Colombi, Gabrielli, Lulier & Vitali

Il violoncello di Corelli leads us to the origins of the solo cello literature although one should actually use the term violone. In fact, the cello, as we know it today in its standard form, had many different sizes before its current proportions became generally established. Some instruments were larger, and the smaller ones were referred to by the diminutive form of the term violone hence the word violoncello. And one of these early bigger brothers is the main protagonist of this recording: the instrument played by Alessandro Palmeri was built by Simone Cimapane in Rome in 1685. It is a rare testimony to the original size of the violone. It is furthermore a unique instrument because it was used in ensembles in Rome in which Corelli himself played. Alessandro Palmeri presents a compilation of works from the early solo literature for cello by composers such as Domenico Gabrielli, Giuseppe Pietro Gaetano Boni, Giuseppe Colombi and Giovanni Battista Vitali. The extraordinarily prolific period, both artistically and musically, which prevailed in Emilia Romagna throughout the 17th century, provided the conditions for the creation and development of the cello literature. The works on this recording mark the transition from the epoch of the violone to the epoch of the violoncello. With them, the cello was ultimately freed from the continuo role to which it had previously been limited.

Alessandro Palmeri, cello
Riccardo Doni, harpsichord, organ
Takashi Kaketa, cello

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