Accademia Ottoboni & Marco Ceccato – Il violoncello del Cardinale (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Cardinals Benedetto Pamphili and Pietro Ottoboni played a prominent role in Rome at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with their patronage of the three most important composers of the day, Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and Handel. At that time, numerous musicians converged on Rome, and the large orchestra directed by Arcangelo Corelli at the church of San Luigi dei Francesi included several famous cellists, among them G. L. Lular, N. F. Haym, F. Amadei and G. M. Perroni. As well as notable virtuosos, these men were often also composers of oratorios, vocal music, and pieces for their own favourite instrument, though very few of these have survived. It is to their music, often unpublished, that Marco Ceccato and his Accademia, winners of a Diapason d’Or of the year in 2015, introduce us here, along with works by the composers who subsequently formed the core of this group after Handel left for London: G. Bononcini, P. G. P. Boni, and G. B. Costanzi, who was later to teach Boccherini. © Alpha

Tracklist

Pietro Giuseppe Gaetano Boni (1686 – 1741)
1 Sonata in C Major, Op. 1: I. Largo 04:39
2 Sonata in C Major, Op. 1: II. Allegro “Alla francese” 01:54
3 Sonata in C Major, Op. 1: III. Largo 02:37
4 Sonata in C Major, Op. 1: IV. Allegro 00:57

Filippo Amadei (1690 – 1730)
5 Sonata in D Minor, WD 896/10: I. Andante 02:49
6 Sonata in D Minor, WD 896/10: II. Andante e cantabile assai 02:22

Nicola Francesco Haym (1678 – 1729)
7 Sonata No. 1 in A Minor & E Minor: I. Adagio 01:25
8 Sonata No. 1 in A Minor & E Minor: II. Allegro assai 00:38
9 Sonata No. 1 in A Minor & E Minor: III. Adagio 00:56
10 Sonata No. 1 in A Minor & E Minor: IV. Presto 01:01

Giuseppe Maria Perroni (1700 – 1776)
11 Sonata No. 2 in D Major: I. Adagio 01:46
12 Sonata No. 2 in D Major: II. Allegro 02:03
13 Sonata No. 2 in D Major: III. Grave 00:58
14 Sonata No. 2 in D Major: IV. Allegro e staccato 01:36

Pietro Giuseppe Gaetano Boni
15 Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1: I. Largo 03:28
16 Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1: II. Allegro “Alla francese” 01:43
17 Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1: III. Allegro 02:16

Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704 – 1778)
18 Sinfonia a violoncello solo in D Major, WD 551: I. Adagio assai 02:04
19 Sinfonia a violoncello solo in D Major, WD 551: II. Allegro 03:31
20 Sinfonia a violoncello solo in D Major, WD 551: III. Amoroso 01:59
21 Sinfonia a violoncello solo in D Major, WD 551: IV. Amoroso 01:43

Giuseppe Maria Perroni
22 Sonata No. 1 in A Major: I. Adagio ed affettuoso 01:56
23 Sonata No. 1 in A Major: II. Presto 01:20
24 Sonata No. 1 in A Major: III. Grave 01:15
25 Sonata No. 1 in A Major: IV. Allegro 01:29

Giovanni Bononcini (1670 – 1747)
26 Sonata in A Minor: I. Andante 03:38
27 Sonata in A Minor: II. Allegro 01:42
28 Sonata in A Minor: III. Menuet (Grazioso) 04:21

Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1662 – 1700)
29 Aria in G Minor “Amor di che tu vuoi” (Transcription for Two Cellos and Continuo) 05:18

Personnel
Accademia Ottoboni
Marco Ceccato, conductor

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