Gaetano Nasillo - Venetian Cello Sonatas. Under the Shade of Vivaldi (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

"A tireless explorer of territories off the beaten track, Gaetano Nasillo has already addressed Venetian music with a memorable album devoted to composer and ‘musico di violoncello’ Antonio Caldara (A369). This new album brings us back to Venice to discover cello virtuosos and sonatas between Vivaldi and Tartini.

In his recorded anthology of sonatas for the instrument the cellist Gaetano Nasillo has selected eight works by eight different composers with a connection to La Serenissima. One composer, Antonio Vivaldi, is extremely well known; two, Benedetto Marcello and Giovanni Benedetto Platti, are slightly known; the remaining five – Girolamo Bassani, Diogenio Bigaglia, Antonio Martinelli, Antonio Vandini and Michele Stratico – are hardly known at all, and this premiere recording of their sonatas reveals the high quality and simple enjoyability of their music.’ – Michael Talbot"

Tracklist:
1. Sonata III in A minor: I. Adagio 01:43
2. Sonata III in A Minor: II. Allegro 02:25
3. Sonata III in A Minor: III. Grave 02:33
4. Sonata III in A Minor: IV. Presto 01:43
5. Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: I. Adagio 02:49
6. Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: II. Allegro 02:01
7. Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: III. Grave 02:18
8. Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: IV. Allegro 01:52
9. Sonata I in G Minor: I. Adagio 03:31
10. Sonata I in G Minor: II. Non Presto 02:39
11. Sonata I in G Minor: III. Largho 02:54
12. Sonata I in G Minor: IV. Allegro 01:56
13. Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: I. Largo 02:57
14. Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: II. Allegro 03:00
15. Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: III. Largo 02:37
16. Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: IV. Allegro 02:49
17. Sonata à violoncello in G Major: I. [Largo] 03:37
18. Sonata à violoncello in G Major: II. [Allegro] 01:52
19. Sonata à violoncello in G Major: III: Largo 02:13
20. Sonata à violoncello in G Major: IV. [Allegro] 01:46
21. Sonata in A Minor: I: Largo 03:23
22. Sonata in A Minor: II. Allegro 02:26
23. Sonata in A Minor: III: Allegro assai 00:44
24. Sonata per violoncello in D Major: I. Adagio 02:17
25. Sonata per violoncello in D Major: II. Allegro 02:38
26. Sonata per violoncello in D Major: III. Andante 01:35
27. Sonata per violoncello in D Major: IV. Allegro 02:13
28. Sonata à violoncello e basso in A Major: I. Grave 04:13
29. Sonata à violoncello e basso in A Major: II: Allegro 04:30
30. Sonata à violoncello e basso in A Major: III. Minuetto con variazioni 04:02

Personnel:
Gaetano Nasillo, cello
Sara Bennici, cello
Evangelina Mascardi, theorbe
Anna Fontana, harpsichord