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

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Composer
FRANCONE GRECO
Artist
Malagoli, Ruvo, Fullin
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jun 25, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96345
UPC
5028421963457

About

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.

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 Viri galilaei [Naples, 1600] 00:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    Viri galilaei [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  2. 2 Viri galilaei (cello diminution) 03:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    Viri galilaei (cello diminution)
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  3. 3 Loquebantur [Naples, 1600] 00:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    Loquebantur [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  4. 4 Loquebantur (cello diminution) 02:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    Loquebantur (cello diminution)
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  5. 5 Miserator dominus [Naples, 1600] 00:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    Miserator dominus [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  6. 6 Miserator dominus (cello diminution) 03:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Miserator dominus (cello diminution)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  7. 7 Dum esset rex [Naples, 1600] 00:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    Dum esset rex [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  8. 8 Dum esset rex (cello diminution) 03:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    Dum esset rex (cello diminution)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  9. 9 Veni sponsa [Naples, 1600] 00:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    Veni sponsa [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  10. 10 Veni sponsa (cello diminution) 02:54
    Track
    10
    Title
    Veni sponsa (cello diminution)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  11. 11 Ecce sacerdos magnus [Naples, 1600] 00:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    Ecce sacerdos magnus [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  12. 12 Ecce sacerdos magnus (cello diminution) 04:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    Ecce sacerdos magnus (cello diminution)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  13. 13 Non est inventus [Naples, 1600] 00:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    Non est inventus [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  14. 14 Non est inventus (cello diminution) 04:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    Non est inventus (cello diminution)
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  15. 15 Sacerdos dei [Naples, 1600] 02:17
    Track
    15
    Title
    Sacerdos dei [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  16. 16 Sacerdos dei (cello diminution) 05:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sacerdos dei (cello diminution)
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  17. 17 Domus mea [Naples, 1600] 00:25
    Track
    17
    Title
    Domus mea [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:25
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  18. 18 Domus mea (cello diminution) 03:44
    Track
    18
    Title
    Domus mea (cello diminution)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  19. 19 Fidelis servus [Naples, 1600] 00:28
    Track
    19
    Title
    Fidelis servus [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  20. 20 Fidelis servus (cello diminution) 03:48
    Track
    20
    Title
    Fidelis servus (cello diminution)
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  21. 21 Veni electa mea [Naples, 1600] 00:22
    Track
    21
    Title
    Veni electa mea [Naples, 1600]
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Schola Gregoriana Scivias Ensemble
    Conductor
    Milli Fullin
  22. 22 Veni electa mea (cello diminution) 03:50
    Track
    22
    Title
    Veni electa mea (cello diminution)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Rocco Greco
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  23. 23 No. 1 in G Minor-Major 01:53
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 1 in G Minor-Major
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  24. 24 No. 2 in A Major 01:41
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 2 in A Major
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  25. 25 No. 3 in B Minor 01:51
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 3 in B Minor
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  26. 26 No. 4 in C Major 01:45
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 4 in C Major
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  27. 27 No. 5 in D Minor 01:40
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 5 in D Minor
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  28. 28 No. 6 in E Minor 01:29
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 6 in E Minor
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  29. 29 No. 7 in F Major 01:57
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 7 in F Major
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  30. 30 No. 8 in G Major 01:35
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 8 in G Major
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  31. 31 No. 9 in B Major 01:21
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 9 in B Major
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo
  32. 32 No. 10 in F Major 01:29
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 10 in F Major
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Gaetano Francone
    Performer
    Matteo Malagoli, Irene de Ruvo