Ophélie Gaillard, Pulcinella Orchestra – Antonio Vivaldi: Complete Cello Sonatas (Remastered) (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ophélie Gaillard, Pulcinella Orchestra – Antonio Vivaldi: Complete Cello Sonatas (Remastered) (2025)
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The nine surviving cello sonatas by Vivaldi can be presumed to represent only a proportion of the number he probably wrote. I say that knowing that there is room for at least slight doubts as to the authenticity of all of them, especially no.6. Given his clear fondness for the instrument he surely wrote more. After all here was a composer who wrote many cello concertos, There was also the presence of a number of very fine cellists amongst the musicians of the Ospedale della Pièta niot to mention the growing vogue of the instrument in the Venice of his time.He seems to have taken less trouble to preserve the manuscripts of his sonatas – for whatever solo instrument – than of some of his other music. Though he published two sets of violin sonatas (opp. 2, 5) he chose not to issue any of his sonatas for the cello. The first six to be published appeared in Paris in 1740, in what was surely a pirated edition.

The sonatas we do have very probably date from the 1720s. A few exist in more than one manuscript; none of them autograph. All are in four movements alternating in the sequence slow-fast-slow-fast, a pattern that we associate with the sonata da chiesa. A number of the faster movements are very much informed by the spirit of the dance; in one manuscript, the Wiesentheid, which contains two sonatas, such movements actually carry titles designating the relevant dance rhythms. The slow movements have a winning gravity, in which elegance and a serious quality are held in a beautiful balance.

There is no doubt that the artist has captured the full diversity of these nine sonatas, all of which are built on the same model of the *sonata da chiesa*. From orchestral preludes to stylized dances, the musicians of Pulcinella always find the right tone. Ophélie Gaillard’s playing is above all focused and elegant, with finely nuanced expression.” (Philippe Venturini, 4, le Monde de la Musique, 2006)

“I have enjoyed this recording greatly. It has a properly Italianate spirit of measured flamboyance and a consistent vision of the music. It is played with acute intelligence – and plenty of feeling – and is beautifully recorded.” (Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb International)

Tracklist:

1. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 43: I. Largo (04:21)
2. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 43: II. Allegro (03:09)
3. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 43: III. Largo (04:12)
4. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 43: IV. Allegro (03:03)
5. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E Minor, RV 40: I. Largo (03:11)
6. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E Minor, RV 40: II. Allegro (02:46)
7. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E Minor, RV 40: III. Largo (03:38)
8. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E Minor, RV 40: IV. Allegro (02:06)
9. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in G Minor, RV 42: I. Preludio. Largo (04:30)
10. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in G Minor, RV 42: II. Allemanda. Andante (03:43)
11. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in G Minor, RV 42: III. Sarabanda. Largo (04:55)
12. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in G Minor, RV 42: IV. Gigue. Allegro (02:14)
13. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in F Major, RV 41: I. Largo (03:03)
14. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in F Major, RV 41: II. Allegro (02:23)
15. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in F Major, RV 41: III. Largo (03:34)
16. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in F Major, RV 41: IV. Allegro (02:33)
17. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 44: I. Largo (02:14)
18. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 44: II. Alegro poco (02:25)
19. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 44: III. Largo (03:30)
20. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 44: IV. Alegro (02:27)
21. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 46: I. Preludio. Largo (02:24)
22. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 46: II. Allemanda. Allegro (02:27)
23. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 46: III. Largo (02:48)
24. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 46: IV. Corrente. Allegro (02:36)
25. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 45: I. Largo (04:05)
26. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 45: II. Allegro (02:33)
27. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 45: III. Largo (04:49)
28. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 45: IV. Allegro (03:10)
29. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 47: I. Largo (03:32)
30. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 47: II. Allegro (03:08)
31. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 47: III. Largo (03:21)
32. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 47: IV. Allegro (02:08)
33. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, RV 39: I. Larguetto (04:05)
34. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, RV 39: II. Allegro (02:44)
35. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, RV 39: III. Andante (02:39)
36. Ophélie Gaillard & Pulcinella Orchestra – Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, RV 39: IV. Allegro (02:52)

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