Caldara: Complete Cello Sonatas

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November 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Antonio Caldara
    • PERFORMER
      Francesco Galligioni, Paolo Zuccheri, Roberto Loreggian, Federico Guglielmo, Alessia Pazzaglia, Albe
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 21, 2025
    • UPC
      5028421961682
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96168
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    3. III. Larghetto

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    4. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    6. II. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    7. III. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    8. I. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni

    9. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni

    10. III. Aria andante

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni

    11. IV. Allegro assai

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni

    12. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    13. II. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    14. III. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    15. I. Adagio

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    16. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    17. III. Aria largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    18. IV. Allegro stil di minuet

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    19. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    20. II. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    21. III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    22. IV. Aria allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    23. I. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    24. II. Allegro alla breve

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    25. III. Adagio

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    26. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    27. 44 Lezioni: Lezione No. 43

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    28. I. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    29. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    30. III. Adagio

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    31. IV. Allegro spiritoso

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    32. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    33. II. Adagio

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    34. III. Allegro e vivace

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    35. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    36. 44 Lezioni: Lezione No. 23

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    37. I. Allegro assai

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    38. II. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    39. III. Allegro e spiritoso

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    40. I. Andante

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    41. II. Allegro e spiritoso

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    42. III. Larghetto

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    43. IV. Stil di Minuet: Allegro assai

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    44. 44 Lezioni: Lezione No. 1

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    45. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    46. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    47. III. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    48. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian, Lorenzo Feder

    49. I. Presto

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    50. II. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    51. III. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    52. IV. Allegro stil di minuet

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    53. I. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    54. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    55. III. Aria larghetto

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    56. IV. Allegro e spiritoso

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    57. I. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    58. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    59. III. Aria non molto allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    60. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    61. I. Adagio

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    62. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    63. III. Largo

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    64. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    65. I. Adagio

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Paolo Zuccheri, Roberto Loreggian

    66. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Paolo Zuccheri, Roberto Loreggian

    67. III. Grave

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Paolo Zuccheri, Roberto Loreggian

    68. IV. Presto

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Paolo Zuccheri, Roberto Loreggian

    69. I. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    70. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian

    71. III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Antonio Caldara

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Performer: Francesco Galligioni, Roberto Loreggian


A new and complete survey of the attractive body of cello sonatas which, in his day, helped to make Antonio Caldara a Viennese rival to the fame of Antonio Vivaldi in Venice. Born in Venice as the son of a violinist, Caldara grew up as a chorister at the Basilica di San Marco, and won important posts in Mantua, Rome and Barcelona, as a maestro di capella to royal courts. But it was his move to Vienna during the 1710s which secured his name and his fortune. Becoming Vice-Kapellmeister to the Imperial Court in 1716, Caldara introduced the late Venetian style to Central Europe, and it's influence remained a determining factor in both church music and opera as well as instrumental music until long after his death in 1736. Through sacred works such as the oratorio Maddalena al piedi di Cristo, Caldara has won a following on record in the modern era. However, his surviving output of instrumental music has remained largely unexplored. Publishing his Op.1 Trio Sonatas in 1688, Caldara refers to himself as a 'musico di violoncello', and there can be no doubt from this collection that he knew his way around the instrument. They were composed between 22 April and 26 July 1735: Caldara's sheer facility has perhaps told against him, with a total output of over three thousand separate works. But he knew his craft, and melody seems to have come readily to him. A few Lezioni (Nos. 43, 23 & 1) from Caldara's published instruction method for learning the cello are included as preludes to Sonatas Nos. 8, 10 and 12. Most of the sonatas belong to the four-movement 'sonata da chiesa' form, but Caldara also used the three-movement archetype which became increasingly standard. There is no shortage of opportunities for virtuosic display, as well as for lyricism. These recordings are made by musicians immersed in the Italian late-Baroque world. In it's expanded form, L'Arte dell' Arco has made much praised recordings of Haydn and Vivaldi for Brilliant Classics, including a comprehensive box of Vivaldi's Concertos Opp. 1-12. These Italian musicians speak and sing Caldara's music with unforced fluency. - Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), an Italian Baroque composer, was born in Venice, where he was a chorister in the famous San Marco, with Legrenzi as his teacher. He soon spread his wings across Europe and held several important posts in Mantua, the Spanish court in Barcelona, Rome and eventually the post of Kapellmeister at the Imperial Court in Vienna. Caldara left a substantial oeuvre, consisting of instrumental music in the tradition of Corelli, sacred music and operas. - Caldara's sonatas for cello and basso continuo exemplify the transition from the late Baroque style toward the emerging galant aesthetic. These works are clearly written by a master of the instrument, as Caldara evidently was. The sonatas typically follow a four-movement structure, alternating slow and fast tempos, in the tradition of the sonata da chiesa. They blend lyrical, cantabile lines with virtuosic passages, showing the cello's agility and warm tone. - Played by one of Italy's foremost "Early Music" cellists, Francesco Galligioni, playing with fellow members of the ensemble L'Arte dell'Arco. He successfully recorded the complete cello concertos by Vivaldi, works by Dall'Abaco, sonatas by Lanzetti and others.