Composer: Ermenegildo Del Cinque
Performer: Ludovico Minasi, Cristina Vidoni, Teodoro Baù, Simone Vallerotonda, Andrea Buccarella
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A528
Release: 2022
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata No. 6 for Three Cellos in D Minor
01. I. Andantino posato
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Largo sostenuto
04. IV. Vivace con brio
Sonata No. 17 for Three Cellos in G Minor
05. I. Adagio affettuoso
06. II. Vivace e vibrato
07. III. Larghetto con espressione
08. IV. Lento e amoroso
Sonata No. 15 for Three Cellos in C Major
09. I. Adagio
10. II. Spiritoso moderato
11. III. Grave sostenuto
12. IV. Andantino allegretto
Sonata for two Cellos in E Minor
13. I. Largo
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Largo risoluto
16. IV. Spiritoso
Sonata No. 5 for Three Cellos in D Major
17. I. Adagio
18. II. Vivace vibrato
19. III. Largo affettuoso
20. IV. Allegretto moderato
Sonata No. 9 for Three Cellos in B Minor
21. I. Grave
22. II. Con Spirito
23. III. Grave
24. IV. Andantino
Sonata for two Cellos in D Minor
25. I. Grave
26. II. Allegretto
27. III. Adagio con un poco di moto
28. IV. Spiritoso
Sonata No. 11 for Three Cellos in E-Flat Major
29. I. Adagio sostenuto
30. II. Vivace con brio
31. III. Largo cantabile
32. IV. Andantino
During his long life, the priest, nobleman, poet, and painter from Rome, Ermenegildo del Cinque (1700–73) wrote over 100 sonatas for two cellos and eighteen pieces for three cellos. Although he was a dilettante di musica, he was the most prolific composer of cello music of all time. Yet despite the fact that he also composed cantatas, a serenata and some sacred music, and was a renowned cellist in Rome, he remains virtually unknown today, even among cellists.
This recording, made in the theatre of the Palazzo Altemps in Rome where del Cinque often performed, rescues some of these extraordinarily beautiful compositions from oblivion. The architect of this rediscovery is Ludovico Minasi (principal cellist of Il Pomo d’Oro, among other ensembles), who here leads a team of exceptional bass instruments featuring two recent winners of the MA Brugge competition, Andrea Buccarella and Teodoro Baù, along with the lutenist Simone Vallerotonda (a musician with long-standing ties to Arcana) and the cellist Cristina Vidoni.