Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde - Geminiani: Sonatas for violoncello [CD]

Cat. no: CC72991
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917299120
Release Date: 22 Nov 2024
Genre: Classical

For her second recording on Challenge, cellist Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde confronts some idiosyncratic masterpieces of the Baroque time: Geminiani's Sonatas op 5

"What frst intrigued me about Geminiani as a musical fgure was his propensity for unpredictable, asymmetrical and improvisatory style-- both as a composer and as a performer.If his tempo rubato was apparently too wild for the Neapolitan musicians, his performances were greatly admired for their elegance and taste in England.My everlasting fascination with tempo rubato and the art of "reading between the lines" in terms of tempo, fexibility and rhythmic variations have led me to approach Geminiani's musicwith this angle in mind. Moreover, during the recording sessions, many musical aspects--such as ornamentation, continuo realization, and dynamics--were intentionally left to the musicians' extemporaneous decisions.We used the diversity of colors found in the various instruments forming the continuo group (harpsichord, cello, cello piccolo, violone, theorbo) to create different textures for each movement. Almost like in jazz, each instrument is given its moment to come to the foreground and emerge from the sound of the group." - Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde

Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde - Violoncello
Artem Belogurov - Harpsichord
Michele Pasotti - Theorbo
Margaret Urquhart - Violone
Victor Garcia Garcia - Violoncello

"the delicacy of her playing is astonishing, but she's just as convincing when boldness and agility are required..." - Gramophone Editors' Choice (CC72961 From Mannheim to Berlin)

Tracks: Sonata for two violins and continuo Op. 1, No. 2, arranged for two cello piccolos - I. Grave / II. Allegro -- Adagio / III. Allegro / Sonata for cello and basso continuo Op. 5, No. 3 - I. Andante / II. Allegro / III. Affettuoso / IV. Allegro / The Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra, arranged for cello piccolo and basso continuo - Canon / Sonata for cello and basso continuo Op. 5, No. 2 - I. Andante / II. Presto / III. Adagio / The Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra, arranged for cello piccolo and b.c. - Affettuoso / Sonata for cello and basso continuo Op. 5, No. 1 - I. Andante / III. Andante / Sonata for cello and basso continuo Op. 5, No. 6 - I. Adagio / II. Allegro assai -- Grave / III. Allegro -- Non tanto

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