Corelli / Ens Aurora / Gatti - Assisi Sons - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Grave, Allegro, Adagio, Grave, Allegro, Adagio 2. Allegro, Adagio 3. Allegro 4. Adagio 5. Allegro 6. Grave 7. Allegro, Fuga Di Cinque Note, Adagio 8. Allegro - Vivace 9. Adagio 10. Vivace 11. Adagio 12. Allegro 13. Adagio 14. Allegro 15. Allegro 16. Adagio 17. Allegro, Adagio 18. Vivace 19. Adagio 20. Allegro 21. Adagio 22. Vivace 23. Adagio 24. Vivace 25. Giga 26. Grave 27. Allegro, Adagio 28. Allegro 29. Largo 30. Allegro

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 it's standard form, had many different sizes before it's 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. Album Tracks 1. Toccata per il violone 2. Ruggiero per il violone 3. Ricercare VI 4. Sonata per il violone solo col basso~Presto - Allegro 5. Sonata per il violone solo col basso~Adagio 6. Sonata per il violone solo col basso~Aria 7. Partite sopra diverse sonate, for violone~Capriccio e Passagalli 8. Ricercare VII 9. Sonata X per violoncello e basso continuo~Largo 10. Sonata X per violoncello e basso continuo~Allegro 11. Sonata X per violoncello e basso conti

Album Tracks 1. I. Largo 2. II. Allegro 3. III. Grave - Allegro 4. IV. Presto 5. V. Adagio 6. VI. Allegro Assai 7. I. Adagio 8. II. Allegro 9. III. Adagio 10. IV. Allegro 11. I. Allegro 12. II. Adagio 13. III. Allegro 14. I. Adagio E Staccato - Andante - Adagio 15. II. Allegro 16. III. Adagio 17. IV. Allegro 18. I. Presto 19. II. Allegro 20. III. Adagio 21. IV. Allegro 22. I. Adagio E Comme STÀ 23. II. Allegro 24. III. Adagio 25. IV. Allegro