Antonio Vivaldi - Complete Cello Sonatas
Antonio Vivaldi - Complete Cello Sonatas
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | Covers | RAR 157 MB
2 CD | Classical | 2006 | Ambroisie | Playing Time: 65'05" + 49'26"
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | Covers | RAR 157 MB
2 CD | Classical | 2006 | Ambroisie | Playing Time: 65'05" + 49'26"
The young French-Swiss cellist Ophélie Gaillard (b.1974) has already met with considerable success in her recordings of the Bach cello suites (Ambroisie AMB9926) and the Britten Sonatas (Ambroisie AMB9927). This recording of the complete Vivaldi sonatas will surely do her reputation nothing but good. She plays with great beauty of tone, sure-footed musical intelligence and considerable vivacity.TRACKS
Gaillard plays a cello made by Francesco Goffriller at Udine in 1737, an instrument of which she speaks lovingl; from it she extracts sounds both brilliant and subtle.
The range of instruments drawn on for the basso continuo on this recording might, I suppose, have allowed for inappropriate and distracting colour or for mere gimmickry. But there is none of either to be heard here. The balance and dialogue of soloist and continuo are well-nigh perfect throughout and the changes of instrumentation serve primarily to clarify transitions of mood. The use of plucked instruments such as guitar, guitar battente - the instrument strung with wire - and harp, behind/underneath the cello produces some lovely effects.
I have enjoyed this recording greatly. It has a properly Italianate spirit of measured flamboyance and a consistent vision of the music. It is played with acute intelligence – and plenty of feeling – and is beautifully recorded.
Glyn Pursglove (MusicWeb International)
Sonata No.3 in A minor, RV 43
Sonata No.5 in E minor, RV 40
Sonata No.9 in G minor, RV 42
Sonata No.2 in F major, RV 41
Sonata No.7 in A minor, RV 44
Sonata No.6 in B flat major, RV 46
Sonata No.4 in B flat major, RV 45
Sonata No.1 in B flat major, RV 47
Sonata No.8 in E flat major, RV 39
