Greco: Early Neapolitan Cello Music / Malagoli, de Ruvo, Schola Gregoriani Scivas Ensemble

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
June 25, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FRANCONE GRECO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Malagoli, Ruvo, Fullin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 25, 2021
    • UPC
      5028421963457
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96345
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Viri galilaei [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    2. Viri galilaei (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    3. Loquebantur [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    4. Loquebantur (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    5. Miserator dominus [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    6. Miserator dominus (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    7. Dum esset rex [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    8. Dum esset rex (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    9. Veni sponsa [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    10. Veni sponsa (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    11. Ecce sacerdos magnus [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    12. Ecce sacerdos magnus (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    13. Non est inventus [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    14. Non est inventus (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    15. Sacerdos dei [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    16. Sacerdos dei (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    17. Domus mea [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    18. Domus mea (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    19. Fidelis servus [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    20. Fidelis servus (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    21. Veni electa mea [Naples, 1600]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble

      Conductor: Milli Fullin

    22. Veni electa mea (cello diminution)

      Composer: Rocco Greco

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    23. No. 1 in G Minor-Major

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    24. No. 2 in A Major

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    25. No. 3 in B Minor

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    26. No. 4 in C Major

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    27. No. 5 in D Minor

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    28. No. 6 in E Minor

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    29. No. 7 in F Major

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    30. No. 8 in G Major

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    31. No. 9 in B Major

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo

    32. No. 10 in F Major

      Composer: Gaetano Francone

      Performer: Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo


The cello was a beneficiary of the remarkable flowering of high culture sponsored by both ecclesiastical and aristocratic patrons in early 18th-century Naples. In 1717, Rocco Greco (1650-1718) became the last appointed player of the viola da gamba in the Royal Chapel dedicated to the treasure of St Januarius, the patron saint of Naples. Both Greco and his colleague Gaetano Francone (c.1650-1717) produced new music for the cello which was suitable for performance within the liturgy of the chapel. Rather as composers of alternatim organ masses wrote elaborations of chant for the organ to be played between the chanted verses of the liturgy, so Greco composed 11 virtuosic ‘diminutions’ which were elaborated from the bass part of vocal motets setting Vespers texts. In performing the diminutions, Malagoli prefaces them with a chanted version of the Gregorian antiphon on which the motets were based. The resulting sound is an Italian-accented equivalent to the viol ‘divisions’ which English composers such as Locke and Simpson were producing at this point. Both lively and melancholic in mood according to the key signature, these brief Diminutions and Passagagli both demand a virtuoso technique from the performer and a degree of imaginative flair in the interpretation of the manuscripts. Matteo Malagoli’s world-premiere recordings satisfy both criteria. As a gambist and cellist, Malagoli has explored the history of bass string instruments for several decades, both in solo recitals and as a chamber musician and a continuo accompanist to several renowned Italian early-music groups. He is ideally placed to bring unrivalled authenticity and style to these new discoveries, which place the cello in an unusual context of sacred music and brings two significant Neapolitan composers to light: an essential album for all early-music enthusiasts.