Composer: Fortunato Chelleri, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Antonio Vivaldi, Andrea Zani
Performer: Sol Gabetta, Cappella Gabetta
Conductor: Andrés Gabetta
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 88697953502
Release: 2013
Size: 378 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A Minor, RV 422
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
Platti: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in C major, WD 646
04. I. Allegro
05. II.
06. III. Presto
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Mandolins and Orchestra in G major, RV 532 (adapted for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra)
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Allegro
Zani: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor, WD 789
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Larghetto
12. III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in F major, RV 411
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Largo
15. III. Allegro molto
Platti: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in C minor, WD 669
16. I. Adagio e staccato. Allegro
17. II. Largo
18. III. Presto
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D major, RV 404
19. I. Allegro
20. II. Adagio affetuoso
21. III. Allegro vivace
Chelleri: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in G major
22. I. Adagio staccato. Tempo giusto
23. II. Andante e spuntato
24. III. Allegro
Sol Gabetta is the most famous and best-selling female cellist worldwide. Her brilliant and emotional playing and her great stage presence and charming nature made her a real star of today´s classical music scene. For “Il progetto Vivaldi 3” she again teams up with her baroque music ensemble Cappella Gabetta, founded by her and her brother Andrés Gabetta who is the concertmaster of this ensemble.
For this new CD Sol and the Cappella Gabetta recorded three beautiful cello concertos by Antonio Vivaldi but also breathtaking baroque cello concertos which have been rarely recorded and heard before. The cello concerto by Fortunato Chelleri (1690-1757) is a world premiere recording.
The cello concertos by Giovanni B. Platti (1697?-1763), Andrea Teodoro Zani (1696-1757), and Fortunato Chelleri (1690-1757) were hidden in an archive in Schloss Wiesentheid, a castle near Wuerzburg in Bavaria/Germany. These gems of baroque music were discovered when Sol was looking for interesting new repertoire. All these works were commissioned by the duke of Schloss Wiesentheid who played cello himself and hired these Italian composers.
Sol used two different cellos to play this splendid baroque music: her Guadagini cello from 1759 (with gut strings) and her Gagliano from 1781. The Cappella Gabetta plays on authentic instruments as well.