Bellom Levionnois - Cello Sonatas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Written around 1740, this collection of Sonatas was likely composed to celebrate the arrival of the illustrious Salvatore Lanzetti, an incredible cello virtuoso, at the official court of Turin. It was at this noble destination that the fifty-year-old Giovanni Battista Somis, forefather of the Piedmontese school of violin that included the most famous interpreters of Italian music, wrote these works and elaborated upon his compositional idea of extreme elegance that differed from the works being composed by his peers. Here, the works are recorded by Ensemble Il Continuo, which consists of Gioele Gusberti, Claudio Frigerio, and Marija Jovanovich, all renowned soloists and chamber musicians in their home countries. Album Tracks 1. XII Sonate a Violoncelo Solo 2. Sonata IV in Re (Minore) 3. Sonata I in Fa Maggiore 4. Sonata III in Sol Maggiore 5. Sonata VIII in Mi Minore 6. Largo 7. Sonata VII in Si Minore 8. Sonata II in la Maggiore 9. Sonata X in Mi Maggiore 10. Sonata XII in Si Bemolle Maggiore 11. Sonata XI in Mi Bemolle Maggiore 12. Sonata V in Sol (Minore) 13. Sonata VI in Re Maggiore 14. Sonata IX in Sol (Minore)

The two leading Danish musicians, cellist Gert von Bülow and pianist Merete Westergaard are here together performing the only Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. The original was one of the first Danacord Long Playing releases and received overwhelming fine acclaim from many critics. Here is the chance to hear this rare LP again newly transferred from the original master tapes to modern technology. Even with strong competition this album will stand out as one of the finest versions. Gert von Buelow studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen. He gave his debut concert aged 21 and continued his studies with Gregor Piatigorsky in Los Angeles and with Pierre Fournier in Geneva. His career as a soloist and chamber musician started at festivals in Europe, Brazil, Canada and in the Far East. His partners on stage were musicians like Paul Badura-Skoda, Joerg Demus, Nelson Freire, Michail Jurowski, Karl Leister, Vladimir Mendelssohn and Norman Shettler. For Danish Radio he recorded classical repertoire and also contemporary music. There are 24 works dedicated to him by Danish composers. In 1992, Gert von Buelow was one of the founders of the International Chamber Music Academy of Kronberg i'm Taunus (Germany). In 1994 he established the Edison-Trio together with the violonist Ya'akov Rubinstein and the pianist Frank-Immo Zichner. Since 1995 he has been Professor of Violoncello, chamber music and historical interpretation at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Rostock (Germany). Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Cello and Piano C Major Op. 119 2. Sonata for Piano and Cello, G minor, Op. 19

Album Tracks 1. Sonata Op. 25 No. 3 2. Ciaccona, Intermezzo E Adagio 3. Serenade 4. Sonata-Fantasy 5. Sonata Op. 8