Bach: Sei suonate à cembalo certato è violoncello piccolo solo Mario Brunello, Roberto Loreggian, Francesco Galligioni

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1014:
• 1Bach: Sonata No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1014: I. Adagio03:20
• 2Bach: Sonata No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1014: II. Allegro02:58
• 3Bach: Sonata No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1014: III. Andante03:20
• 4Bach: Sonata No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1014: IV. Allegro03:30
• Sonata No. 2 in A Major BWV 1015:
• 5Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A Major BWV 1015: I. Dolce04:03
• 6Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A Major BWV 1015: II. Allegro assai03:29
• 7Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A Major BWV 1015: III. Andante un poco02:48
• 8Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A Major BWV 1015: IV. Presto05:13
• Sonata No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016:
• 9Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016: I. Adagio04:19
• 10Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016: II. Allegro03:07
• 11Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto05:17
• 12Bach: Sonata No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016: IV. Allegro04:17
• Sonata No. 4 in C Minor BWV 1017:
• 13Bach: Sonata No. 4 in C Minor BWV 1017: I. Largo04:39
• 14Bach: Sonata No. 4 in C Minor BWV 1017: II. Allegro04:32
• 15Bach: Sonata No. 4 in C Minor BWV 1017: III. Adagio03:06
• 16Bach: Sonata No. 4 in C Minor BWV 1017: IV. Allegro04:46
• Sonata No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018:
• 17Bach: Sonata No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: I. [Lamento]07:10
• 18Bach: Sonata No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: II. Allegro04:53
• 19Bach: Sonata No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: III. Adagio02:51
• 20Bach: Sonata No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: IV. Vivace02:33
• Sonata No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019:
• 21Bach: Sonata No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: I. Allegro03:39
• 22Bach: Sonata No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: II. Largo02:08
• 23Bach: Sonata No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: III. Allegro05:09
• 24Bach: Sonata No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: IV. Adagio02:52
• 25Bach: Sonata No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: V. Allegro03:44
• Total Runtime01:37:43

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After mastering the Sonatas and Partitas, Mario Brunello continues his trilogy devoted to reinterpreting Bach’s violin masterpieces on the violoncello piccolo. In this second volume he tackles the other great collection, the Sei Suonate a cembalo certato e violino solo (Six sonatas for concertato harpsichord and solo violin). Conceived in three parts, like sonatas for two treble instruments and continuo, these famous pieces appear transfigured here in a kaleidoscope of colours in which the violoncello piccolo intertwines with the keyboard, alternately harpsichord and organ, and with the bass doubled in turn by viola da gamba and cello – an accompaniment specifically suggested by one of the surviving copies of the sonatas.

Mario Brunello, harpsichord, organ
Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord, organ
Francesco Galligioni, cello, viola da gamba

Mario Brunello
is a captivating musician who plays with an expressive freedom rarely found today. The Italian cellist – equally at home as soloist, chamber musician, and project innovator – has been praised by Gramophone for his “great spirit” and described as “intense and passionate” by The Strad.

Brunello made his breakthrough in 1986 as the first and only Italian to win the coveted International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Since then, Brunello’s heartfelt playing has earned him appearances with such leading conductors as Antonio Pappano, Valery Gergiev, Riccardo Chailly, Ton Koopman, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung and Seiji Ozawa, and concerto performances with many of the world’s foremost ensembles, including the London Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Tokyo, the Kioi Sinfonietta, the Filarmonica della Scala and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. As a chamber musician, Brunello has forged fruitful partnerships with Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Martha Argerich, Andrea Lucchesini, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Isabelle Faust, Maurizio Pollini and the Borodin Quartet. As the founder and artistic director of Arte Sella and I Suoni delle Dolomiti festivals, Brunello has also brought music of the highest calibre to the Dolomite peaks.

Among Brunello’s engagements for the season 2019-20 are concerts in Warsaw with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, in Moscow with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and in Yerevan as a guest of the ontemporary Classics Festival. His ongoing collaboration with Kremerata Baltica continues with appearances at the Kronberg Academy Festival – together with Gidon Kremer – and with a tour of South America in the double role of oloist and conductor. Brunello also continues to serve as artist-in-residence of the Philharmonie Zuidnederland.

Brunello plays a precious Maggini cello crafted in the early 1600s. He has, however, grown increasingly fond in recent years of a second instrument: the “cello piccolo”. The cello piccolo – as its name implies, a smaller version of the cello – shares the tuning of a violin, as well as something of the latter’s nimble handling, while retaining much of the resonance and depth of the former. Brunello has exploited the full potential of this instrument in revelatory performances of the baroque violin repertoire, focusing on the masterpieces of Bach, Vivaldi and Tartini.

This season coincides with the 250th anniversary of Giuseppe Tartini, which Brunello will celebrate with an extended homage to the composer, whose works he will perform and record alone as well as in collaboration with the Accademia dell’Annunciata and the violinist Giuliano Carmigniola. His soon-to-be-released recording of the Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, performed on the cello piccolo, represents both the fulfilment of Brunello’s artistic dream and an extraordinary opportunity for the listening public to experience these familiar works in a manner both deeply expressive and refreshingly novel.

Brunello’s richly diverse discography includes recordings of the works of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Vivaldi, Haydn, Chopin, Janaček, and Sollima. His five-CD set on the EGEA label, the “Brunello Series”, features his performances of Tavener’s “The Protecting Veil” with the Kremerata Baltica and his award-winning traversal of Bach’s Cello Suites. Also worthy of note are his Deustche Grammophon release of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto under the baton of Claudio Abbado; his Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, conducted by Antonia Pappano (EMI); and his stunning live performance video of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2, conducted by Valery Gergiev in the Salle Pleyel in Paris.

Roberto Loreggian
Having achieved, with the highest grades, a diploma in organ and harpsichord, he perfected his talents at the Conservatory of The Hague (NL) under the direction of Ton Koopman. His activities led him to perform in the most important halls: Parco della Musica - Rome, Sala Verdi - Milan, Hercules Saal - Munich (Germany), Teatro Colon - Buenos Aires, Kioi Hall - Tokyo... at highly important festivals: MITO, Sagra Malatestiana (Malatestiana Festival), Pergolesi Spontini Festival, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, musical evenings... performing both as a soloist accompanist and soloist with numerous orchestras, Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Chamber Orchestra of Mantova, the Orchestra of Padua and the Veneto, I Virtuosi Italiani, L'Arte Dell'Arco, I Barocchisti... He has recorded numerous CDs for record labels such as Chandos, Tactus, Arts... which have been internationally acclaimed. He has recorded the complete collection of keyboard music by G. Frescobaldi for the label 'Brilliant' winning the 'National Award for Classic Music Track 2009', for the same label he recorded the complete keyboard music of A. Gabrieli, the complete Harpsichord concerts of B. Galuppi and the harpsichord music of G. F. Haendel. His recordings devoted to harpsichord music by B. Pasquini (Chandos Chaconne) and by G. B. Ferrini (Tactus) received the award 'Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik'. He teaches at the Conservatory 'C. Pollini' in Padova, Italy.

Francesco Galligioni
obtained a Diploma in cello at the C. Pollini Conservatoire in Padua under G. Chiampan, then he then studied with Franco Maggio Ormezowski at both the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome and at the A. Toscanini Foundation in Parma in the courses for soloists and orchestra leaders.

He has taken part in courses specializing in baroque cello held by W. Vestidello and G. Nasillo, and worked with famous soloists and conductors (Anner Bylsma, Giuliano Carmignola, Cecilia Bartoli, Max Emmanuel Cencic, Magdalena Kozena, Sergio Azzolini, Sara Mingardo, Victoria Mullova, Angelika Kirschlagher, Andrea Marcon, Federico Guglielmo, Sir J. E. Gardiner, Diego Fasolis, Pedro Halffter, Bob Van Asperen, Michael Radulescu, Gustav Leonhardt, Christopher Hogwood), both in concert performances and recordings.

His passion for early music led him to study viola da gamba with Paolo Biordi at the Conservatoire in Florence, where he obtained the Diploma in 2004, followed in 2007 by a first class degree with a thesis on the relationship between the arpeggione, viola da gamba and baroque cello, with a performance on this latter instrument of the famous sonata.

A founding member of the Accademia di S. Rocco and later of the Venice Baroque Orchestra, he has played first cello in the foremost concert venues, including the Royal Albert Hall and Barbican Hall (London), Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (New York), JFK Center for Performing Arts (Washington DC), Tonhalle (Zurich), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Het Concertgebow (Amsterdam), Musikverein and Konzerthaus (Vienna), Kyoi hall (Tokyo), Opera Berlioz (Montpellier), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris), W. Disney City Hall (Los Angeles), Gran Teatro La Fenice (Venice).

He has recorded for ARCHIV (Deutsche Grammophon), Arts, ORF, Chandos, Brilliant, Naxos and Sony Classical. With this latter label he played first cello and soloist with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, as well as performing in various chamber ensembles, including in Trio with G. Carmignola and L. Kirtzof and in sonatas with A. Bylsma.

His concerts as a soloist have been broadcast by WDR, ORF, SWR2 and MDR (concerto for violin and cello by A. Vivaldi with G. Carmignola), as well as by ABC, NPR, BBC3, RDP and Japanese television while touring in Japan in September 2005.

The ensembles with which he has played lead parts include Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, Orchestra Barocca del Friuli Venezia Giulia “G.B.Tiepolo”, I Barocchisti, Oman Consort, Arte dell’Arco, Gambe di Legno Consort, i Virtuosi delle Muse, Opera Stravagante. In 2006 he was guest cello soloist with the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2007 he taught at the Ludwigsburger Akademie summer courses, and played as soloist with the orchestra in the Salzburg Festspiele at the Musikverein Grosser Saal in Vienna, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Barbican in London, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.

In November-December 2008, he took part in a chamber music tour with cellist Mario Brunello with concerts in Florence, Milan, Turin and Rome in Italy, and then in Japan.

In recent years Galligioni has also focused on contemporary music on period instruments, playing works by composers such as Philip Glass, Giovanni Sollima, G. Bersanetti, J. Tavener. In 2011 he was the soloist in the Vivaldi Concerto RV531 with cellist Gautier Capuchon.

His recording of the complete cello concertos by Vivaldi was recently released in a 4 CD set by Brilliant Classics, who also released his recording of Vivaldi’s six printed sonatas. A 5 CD set of Salvatore Lanzetti’s printed sonatas and dall’Abaco capricci.

Galligioni plays a cello made by Paolo Antonio Testore in 1740 and a viola da gamba dating back to the early 1700s. He has taught cello at the Conservatoires of Lecce, Reggio Calabria, Genoa and Adria, and currently teaches the same instrument at the A. Steffani Conservatoire in Castelfranco Veneto (TV), and the viola da gamba at the J. Tomadini Conservatoire in Udine.

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