The Cello in Baroque Italy: recorded 1990-91

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stylish performances. — Early Music Review, June 2015

Release Date: 5th May 2015
Catalogue No: ACC24304
Label: Accent
Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

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Gabrielli: Cello Sonata No. 1 in G Minor

Work length30:51

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Konrad Junghänel (theorbo)
Recorded: September 1990
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Grave

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II. Allegro

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III. Largo

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IV. Prestissimo

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V. Ricercar I

Track length2:09

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VI. Ricercar II

Track length8:21

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VII. Canon à due violoncelli, uno entra una battuta doppo l‘altro

Track length2:20

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VIII. Ricercar VII

Track length5:30

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IX. Ricercar VI

Track length3:24

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X. Ricercar III

Track length3:25

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Gabrielli: Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Major

Work length11:18

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Konrad Junghänel (theorbo)
Recorded: September 1990
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Grave

Track length1:12

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II. Allegro

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III. Largo

Track length2:11

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IV. Presto

Track length0:56

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V. Ricercar IV

Track length4:10

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VI. Ricercar V

Track length1:49

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Marcello, B: Cello Sonata No.4 in G minor

Work length6:07

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Recorded: September 1990
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Adagio

Track length1:30

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II. Allegro

Track length1:55

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III. Largo

Track length1:15

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IV. Allegro

Track length1:27

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Bononcini, G B: Sonata for Cello & Continuo in A minor

Work length8:44

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello)
Recorded: September 1990
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Andante

Track length2:45

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II. Allegro

Track length1:23

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III. Minuettos I-II

Track length4:36

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Scarlatti, A: Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor

Work length4:09

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Recorded: September 1990
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Largo

Track length1:08

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II. Allegro

Track length1:17

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III. Largo

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IV. A tempo guisto

Track length1:33

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Fesch: Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 13 No. 6

Work length5:59

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Recorded: September 1990
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Larghetto

Track length2:02

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II. Alla breve

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III. Allegro

Track length2:10

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Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E minor, RV40

Work length13:38

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Anthony Woodrow (double bass), Robert Kohnen (organ)
Recorded: November 1991
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Largo

Track length4:40

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II. Allegro

Track length2:55

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III. Largo

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IV. Allegro

Track length2:34

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Geminiani, F: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 5 No. 6

Work length8:51

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Recorded: November 1991
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Adagio

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II. Allegro assai

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III. Grave

Track length0:33

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IV. Allegro

Track length4:05

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Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B flat major, RV46

Work length11:59

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Anthony Woodrow (double bass), Robert Kohnen (organ)
Recorded: November 1991
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Largo

Track length3:00

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II. Allegro

Track length2:50

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III. Largo

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IV: Allegro

Track length2:51

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Geminiani, F: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 5 No. 3

Work length12:31

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Recorded: November 1991
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Andante

Track length1:48

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II. Allegro

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III. Affetuoso

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IV. Allegro

Track length3:01

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Geminiani, F: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 5 No. 2

Work length11:32

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Richte van der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Recorded: November 1991
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Andante

Track length2:22

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II. Presto

Track length2:27

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III. Adagio

Track length0:50

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IV. Allegro

Track length5:53

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Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in G minor, RV42

Work length12:38

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Roel Dieltiens (cello), Anthony Woodrow (double bass), Robert Kohnen (organ)
Recorded: November 1991
Recording Venue: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands

I. Prelude: Largo

Track length3:03

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II. Allemande: Andante

Track length3:43

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III. Sarabande: Largo

Track length3:15

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IV. Gigue: Allegro

Track length2:37

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Compared to the development of the violin, it is surprising that the cello took so long to establish itself as a solo instrument. Already by the mid-sixteenth century, the violoncello doubtless existed as the bass member of the violin family, but it was only used for accompanying purposes over a long period of time: the large, deep violone was difficult to play, whereas the smaller violoncino was easier to handle but had no genuine depth. It was only around 1660 that a compromise solution was found: the violoncino was given a bass string made of gut and entwined with silver that could be played in either a virtuosic manner or with a rich, full tone. Bologna was where this development originated, and it is therefore no wonder that the first composers for the cello were Italian.

The first CD of this anthology, then, presents the origins of the solo literature for violoncello written by Domenico Gabrielli; works by the next generation of composers surrounding Bononcini - Benedetto Marcello and de Fesch - then spread the fame of the cello throughout Europe.

The second CD is dedicated to the heyday of the cello in Italy with three violoncello sonatas each by Francesco Geminiani and Antonio Vivaldi. These pieces were composed about a half century after Gabrielli's first cello sonata, forming a culmination in the baroque cello literature before the Rococo style found its way into the violoncello repertoire - beginning in about 1750 - with considerably more artificial and virtuoso bravura sonatas.

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Early Music Review June 2015

stylish performances.

The Cello in Baroque Italy

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