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Violoncello & Harpsichord Sonatas, Vol. 1

$20.99

Details

Composer
Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Artist
Alex Jellici, Matias Lanz
Format
CD
Label
Solo Musica
Released
Oct 25, 2024
Catalog #
SM460
UPC
4260123644604

About

This CD is the first of three albums of music by Giovanni Benedetto Platti, on which we plan to record all twelve cello sonatas and the harpsichord sonatas Op. 1. We are delighted to have found in Platti an interesting and little-known composer whose music is fascinating to explore. Giovanni Benedetto Platti is a classic example of one of the many underestimated composers of the 18th century. Today, his name is familiar only to specialists and his music known to but a very few, yet his work is well worth discovering. A factotum at the Wurzburg court, he wrote eminently attractive sonatas and concertos for oboe, cello, harpsichord and flute, as well as larger scale works including an interesting Requiem. The twelve cello sonatas have survived in a manuscript dated 1725 from the collection of Count von Schonborn in Wiesentheid. They all have four movements and are characterised, as so often in Platti, by a compact and stringent compositional style. Hardly any single movement takes up more than a transverse page of the score, and many of the slow movements only half a page. Born in South Tyrol, Alex Jellici studied the cello in his home town of Bolzano, then in Florence, Vienna and Zurich under Luca Fiorentini, Giovanni Gnocchi and Orfeo Mandozzi. Further studies in baroque cello and viola da gamba followed under Martin Zeller at the Zurich University of the Arts. Matias Lanz has been organist at the Winterthur Veltheim Reformed Church since 2013. He has also been active as a tango pianist for several years. In 2022, together with bandoneonist Jens Biedermann, he founded Tango Bodegon, a cuarteto tipico dedicated to the performance of traditional Argentinian tango. He has attended tango masterclasses with Roger Helou, Pablo Estigarribia, Leonardo Ferreyra and Rodolfo Mederos.

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio 02:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  2. 2 II. Allegro 03:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  3. 3 III. Largo 01:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  4. 4 IV. Presto 01:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  5. 5 I. Adagio 03:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  6. 6 II. Allegro 03:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  7. 7 III. Largo 03:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  8. 8 IV. Presto 02:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  9. 9 I. Adagio 03:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  10. 10 II. Allegro 02:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  11. 11 III. Adagio 02:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  12. 12 IV. Allegro 01:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  13. 13 I. Largo 03:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  14. 14 II. Presto e alla breve 02:01
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Presto e alla breve
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  15. 15 III. Adagio 04:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  16. 16 IV. Non tanto allegro 03:13
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Non tanto allegro
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  17. 17 I. Andante 03:12
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  18. 18 II. Allegro 02:15
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  19. 19 III. Largo 02:08
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  20. 20 IV. Presto 02:15
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  21. 21 I. Adagio 03:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  22. 22 II. Allegro 02:07
    Track
    22
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  23. 23 III. Aria: Larghetto 04:06
    Track
    23
    Title
    III. Aria: Larghetto
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  24. 24 IV. Allegro 02:36
    Track
    24
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Matías Lanz
  25. 25 I. Largo 02:37
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  26. 26 II. Allegro 01:39
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  27. 27 III. Adagio 02:30
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz
  28. 28 IV. Presto 02:10
    Track
    28
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Giovanni Benedetto Platti
    Performer
    Alex Jellici, Matías Lanz