Angelo Maria Fiorè (1660-1723) worked in Parma and Turin, where he was one of the first to compose works for the violoncello. The recording with...

Angelo Maria Fiorè (1660-1723) worked in Parma and Turin, where he was one of the first to compose works for the violoncello. The recording with baroque cellist Elinor Frey presents not only his brilliant and lyrical sonatas, but also operas for soprano and cello works by contemporaries who use the expressive possibilities of the instrument. Fascinated with the cello’s origins and the creative process of new music, Elinor Frey plays both period and modern instruments. Her prior albums have garnered her critical praise. Her first Baroque album was praised for its “careful scholarship and brilliant layering of moods and tempos” (Toronto Star) and for the “honest, reflective beauty of her music making” (Strings). Frey’s honors include a US-Italy Fulbright Fellowship where she studied baroque cello with Paolo Beschi, the SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship, American Musicological Society, and Canada Council for the Arts grants facilitating her work on Italian cello music. In recent seasons she has performed with Les Idees hereuses, Il Gardellino, Ensemble Caprice, Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal, Arion, Theatre of Early Music, Les Violon du Roy, and Arion, as well as with her quartet, Paliade Musica, grand prize winners of the 2012 Early Music America Baoque Performance Competition and second prize winners in the 2014 International Van Wassenaer Competition in Utrecht. Frey holds degrees from McGill, Mannes, and Juilliard.