Cello Sonatas
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VIVALDI
Cello Sonatas
Marco Ceccato (cello) / Accademia Ottoboni
[ Zig Zag Territoires / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 22 December 2014
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Vivaldi's Opus 14 Sonatas are part of the cello's 'great repertoire and also some of the works from the last years of the 'Red Priest'. Quite simply - and regardless of Igor Stravinsky's curiously rash judgement regarding Vivaldi's work -, these sonatas are splendid, making this instrument sound as only a composer who is an experienced virtuoso instrumentalist himself - in this case, a violinist - can do.
Marco Ceccato is one of the members most often noticed of Amandine Beyer's ensemble, Gli Ingogniti, ('...Cellist Marco Ceccato is equally impressive,' Gramophone, March 2013). Zig Zag Territoires wanted to devote this recording to him, convinced of his great talent and of the singularity of his sound imagination.
"Vivaldi's late Cello Sonatas are variable in inspiration but, vividly recorded and underpinned by richly conceived continuo, Marco Ceccato shapes them with an eloquent warmth and expansiveness that occasionally courts sentimentality." (BBC Music August 2014)
"Ceccato is a fine player with a genuine affinity for Vivaldi. His readings are elegant and much the most poetic I have heard...The refreshing musical coherence he achieves with [the] tricks of his trade is what makes this recording so special...This is one of this year's must-hear recordings!" Gramophone Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2014
Tracks:
Cello Sonata in B flat major, RV46
Cello Sonata in A minor, RV43
Cello Sonata in G minor, RV42
Cello Sonata in F major, RV41
Cello Sonata in E flat major, RV39
Cello Sonata in E minor, RV40
Prelude, RV38
