Composer: Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco
Performer: Elinor Frey, Federica Bianchi, Giangiacomo Pinardi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Passacaille
Catalogue: PAS1069
Release: 2020
Size: 1.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata in D Minor, ABV 35
01. I. Andantino
02. II. Allegro
03. III. A modo di Viola da gamba
04. IV. Arpeggiato a modo d’Arciliuto
Sonata VIII in G Major, ABV 19
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Grave
07. III. Giga. Allegro
Sonata in A Major, ABV 30
08. I. Andante
09. II. Allegro moderato
10. III. Aria, adagio
11. IV. Rondeau. Allegro assai
12. V. Minuetto
Sonata in C Minor, ABV 32
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Rondeau
Sonata VII in C Major, ABV 18
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Andantino
18. III. Allegro – La Zampogna
Passacaille Records and cellist Elinor Frey, with harpsichordist Federica Bianchi, lutenist Giangiacomo Pinard, and cellist Mauro Valli, present the first recording of cello sonatas by Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco (1710-1805). Dall’Abaco’s sonatas are full of cantabile melodies with the lightness of folk songs, passagework that demands brilliance and facility, and extraordinary slow movements that bring out the natural beauty of the cello’s tone. Dall’Abaco was a celebrated cellist-composer who participated in significant concerts in many of the major musical centres of Europe, among them London, Paris, Vienna, Verona, Munich and Bonn. In these five sonatas, we find individual movements devoted to regional styles and instrumental exoticisms such as La Zampogna (Italian bagpipe), A modo di Arciliuto, and A modo di Viola da gamba. Frey’s recording includes the original version of the G Major Cello Sonata previously attributed to G.B. Sammartini by way of a borrowed version by Martin Berteau.