BAROQUE CELLO SONATAS (BONONCINI A.M., CALDARA A., PORPORA N., VIVALDI A., SUPRIANO F.P.,

ANTONIO MARIA BONONCINI (1677-1726) - Sonata a Violoncello Solo in G major*

1 Largo 2:04

2 Allegro 1:45

3 Adagio 1:26

4 Sarabanda 1:47

ANTONIO MARIA BONONCINI - Sinfonia per camera in c minor*

5 Cantabile 4:13

6 Spiritoso 2:11

7 Affetuoso 1:22

ANTONIO CALDARA (1670-1736) - Sinfonia a Violoncello Solo in D major

8 Adagio 2:41

9 Allegro 2:21

10 Grave 1:41

11 Presto 1:21

ANTONIO CALDARA - Sonata for Violoncello and Basso continuo, No. 4 in d minor

12 Allegro 2:24

13 Largo 4:12

14 Allegro assai 3:36

NICOLA PORPORA (1686-1768) - Sonata for Violoncello and Basso continuo in F major

15 Larghetto 1:24

16 Allegro 1:56

17 Adagio 1:48

18 Allegro non presto 2:33

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) - Sonata for Violoncello and Basso continuo, RV 44 in a minor

19 Largo 2:58

20 Allegro poco 2:37

21 Largo 3:08

22 Allegro 2:24

FRANCESCO PAOLO SUPRIANO (SCIPRIANI) (1678-1753) - Sinfonia di Violoncello a Solo in C major*

23 Amoroso 1:49

24 Allegro assai 1:26

25 Larghetto 1:26

26 Presto 1:12

FRANCESCO ALBOREA (FRANCISCELLO) (1691-1739) - Sonata a Violoncello e Basso in D major*

27 Amoroso 2:33

28 Allegro 2:17

29 Menuet 2:08

FRANCESCO ALBOREA (FRANCISCELLO) - Sonata a Violoncello e Basso in G major*

30 Adagio 1:52

31 Allegro 4:01

32 Adagio 1:00

33 Menuetto 2:10

* World premiere recordings

Total time 74:27

MICHAL STAHEL Baroque cello, Antony Posch, Vienna 1728 (Esterházy Stiftung), restored in the luthier studio of Gerlinde Reutterer in Vienna 2007-2009

MARTIN GEDEON Positive organ, (Esterháza Centre of Culture, Research and Festival)

JAN ČIŽMÁŘ Theorbo, Baroque Lute, Baroque guitar

SOMA DINYÉS Harpsichord

Slovak cellist Michal Stahel numbers among the most extraordinary baroque music performers of the younger generation. On this recording, he introduces rarely heard and unknown chamber works for violoncello by Italian composers and cellists who worked in Vienna during the first half of the 18th century. The cello played here by Stahel was made in Vienna during the exact same period and belongs to the Esterházy Private Foundation today. And it was in the authentic space of the chapel in the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt that Michal Stahel brought to life forgotten pieces and revived the spirit of the era during which this precious instrument was built. He was joined by a group of friends, all of them early music specialists from Hungary and the Czech Republic.