Platti: Cello Sonatas

Members of L'Arte dell'Arco

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Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763) was born in Venice where he studied with Francesco Gasparini and Giovanni Legrenzi. In 1722 he left Italy for Germany, settling in Würzburg in the service of the Prince Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn. • Platti successfully bridged the worlds of the Baroque and Classicism. A remarkably versatile musician, performing as a keyboard player, cellist, oboist, violinist and singer, he wrote in a wide range of different genres and styles, in Venetian bel canto tradition, fusing baroque elements with the elegance and simplicity of the emerging Stile Galante. • This 2CD set contains the 12 Sonatas for Cello and Basso Continuo, music of great melodic invention and virtuosity. • Excellent performances in Historically Informed Performance Practice by Francesco Galligioni, one of the leading Baroque cellists of today. He worked with John Eliot Gardiner, Gustav Leonhardt, Christopher Hogwood, Diego Fasolis, and recorded for Archiv, Sony, Chandos and Brilliant. For Brilliant Classics he successfully recorded works by Lanzetti, Vivaldi (complete cello concertos and sonatas with L’Arte dell’Arco), Dall’Abaco and Albinoni.

CD x 2

Brilliant Classics

30.09.2019

5028421957630