Lanzetti / Oszanca: Sonatas Violoncello 1 - COMPACT DISCS

Lanzetti / Oszanca: Sonatas Violoncello 1 - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Sonatas Violoncello 1 Artist: Lanzetti Oszanca Label: Challenge Classics Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 608917279429 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2019 07 05 Number of Discs: 1 The protagonist of this recording, Salvatore Lanzetti, an Italian cellist and composer, was born in Naples around 1710. He studied cello and composition in his hometown. There is evidence to suggest that between 1730 and 1754, Lanzetti spent a substantial amount of

Title: Sonatas Violoncello 1
Artist: Lanzetti / Oszanca
Label: Challenge Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 608917279429
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-07-05
Number of Discs: 1

The protagonist of this recording, Salvatore Lanzetti, an Italian cellist and composer, was born in Naples around 1710. He studied cello and composition in his hometown. There is evidence to suggest that between 1730 and 1754, Lanzetti spent a substantial amount of time in London where he helped to popularize his instrument and establish it's newly acquired solo status amongst the English music lovers. In 1736 in Amsterdam, the 12 Sonate a Violoncello Solo e Basso Continuo were published as his Opus 1, dedicated to Federico di Brunswick (Frederick, Prince of Wales). His fame as one of the first true cello virtuosi and that of a composer prone to the technical innovations of the instrument was recognized by M. Corrette in his Methode, theorique et pratique pour apprendre en peu de tems le violoncelle dans sa perfection (1741), where he refers precisely to the Sonatas op. 1. The beauty of the Opus 1, the subject of this recording, lays in their incredible versatility, not only in terms of technical complexity, but also character and the mixture of the French and Italian style which was popular at the time. The extensive use of double stops, shifting, explorations of the entire fingerboard, thumb position and employment of complex bowing techniques, that were until this time the reserve of violin technique, testify to Lanzetti's extraordinary command of his instrument and fearless imagination.

Tracks:
1.1 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 9 in A Minor. Adagio
1.2 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 9 in A Minor. Allegro
1.3 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 9 in A Minor. Andante
1.4 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 1 in G Major. Allegro
1.5 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 1 in G Major. Adagio
1.6 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 1 in G Major. Rondeau. Allegro
1.7 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 6 in B flat Major. Allegro
1.8 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 6 in B flat Major. Largo
1.9 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 6 in B flat Major. Gavotta. Allegro ma non presto
1.10 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 5 in A Minor. Adagio. Cantabile
1.11 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 5 in A Minor. Allegro
1.12 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 5 in A Minor. Menuet. Andante
1.13 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 2 in A Major. Andante. Cantabile
1.14 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 2 in A Major. Allegro
1.15 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 2 in A Major. Menuet. Cantabile
1.16 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 11 in F Major. Allegro
1.17 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 11 in F Major. Adagio. Allegro. Adagio
1.18 Sonata for Violoncello and Basso Continuo, Op. 1~No. 11 in F Major. Rondeau. Andante

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