Caldara: Complete Cello Sonatas Francesco Galligioni, Alberto Galligioni, Paolo Zuccheri, Roberto Loreggian, Roberto Loreggian

• Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736): Sonata No. 1 in A Major:
• 1 Caldara: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: I. Andante 01:35
• 2 Caldara: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: II. Allegro 02:01
• 3 Caldara: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: III. Larghetto 02:15
• 4 Caldara: Sonata No. 1 in A Major: IV. Allegro 01:40
• Sonata No. 2 in D Major:
• 5 Caldara: Sonata No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro 05:35
• 6 Caldara: Sonata No. 2 in D Major: II. Largo 04:16
• 7 Caldara: Sonata No. 2 in D Major: III. Allegro 02:20
• Sonata No. 3 in B Major:
• 8 Caldara: Sonata No. 3 in B Major: I. Largo 02:14
• 9 Caldara: Sonata No. 3 in B Major: II. Allegro 01:43
• 10 Caldara: Sonata No. 3 in B Major: III. Aria Andante 03:00
• 11 Caldara: Sonata No. 3 in B Major: IV. Allegro Assai 03:08
• Sonata No. 4 in D Minor:
• 12 Caldara: Sonata No. 4 in D Minor: I. Allegro 02:39
• 13 Caldara: Sonata No. 4 in D Minor: II. Largo 03:50
• 14 Caldara: Sonata No. 4 in D Minor: III. Allegro Assai 03:45
• Sonata No. 5 in F Major:
• 15 Caldara: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: I. Adagio 02:06
• 16 Caldara: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: II. Allegro 02:13
• 17 Caldara: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: III. Aria Largo 02:40
• 18 Caldara: Sonata No. 5 in F Major: IV. Allegro Stil Di Minuet 03:08
• Sonata No. 6 in A Minor:
• 19 Caldara: Sonata No. 6 in A Minor: I. Allegro 03:13
• 20 Caldara: Sonata No. 6 in A Minor: II. Largo 02:13
• 21 Caldara: Sonata No. 6 in A Minor: III. Allegro Assai 03:37
• 22 Caldara: Sonata No. 6 in A Minor: IV. Aria Allegro 02:01
• Sonata No. 7 in C Minor:
• 23 Caldara: Sonata No. 7 in C Minor: I. Largo 02:19
• 24 Caldara: Sonata No. 7 in C Minor: II. Allegro 01:50
• 25 Caldara: Sonata No. 7 in C Minor: III. Adagio 02:14
• 26 Caldara: Sonata No. 7 in C Minor: IV. Allegro 02:43
• Lezione 43:
• 27 Caldara: Lezione 43 01:38
• Sonata No. 8 in E-Flat Major:
• 28 Caldara: Sonata No. 8 in E-Flat Major: I. Largo 02:29
• 29 Caldara: Sonata No. 8 in E-Flat Major: II. Allegro 01:53
• 30 Caldara: Sonata No. 8 in E-Flat Major: III. Adagio 01:45
• 31 Caldara: Sonata No. 8 in E-Flat Major: IV. Allegro E Spiritoso 02:41
• Sonata No. 9 in G Major:
• 32 Caldara: Sonata No. 9 in G Major: I. Allegro 03:05
• 33 Caldara: Sonata No. 9 in G Major: II. Adagio 02:04
• 34 Caldara: Sonata No. 9 in G Major: III. Allegro E Vivace 01:53
• 35 Caldara: Sonata No. 9 in G Major: IV. Allegro 02:56
• Lezione 23:
• 36 Caldara: Lezione 23 01:21
• Sonata No. 10 in E Minor:
• 37 Caldara: Sonata No. 10 in E Minor: I. Allegro Assai 02:45
• 38 Caldara: Sonata No. 10 in E Minor: II. Largo 01:31
• 39 Caldara: Sonata No. 10 in E Minor: III. Allegro E Spiritoso 04:32
• Sonata No. 11 in G Minor:
• 40 Caldara: Sonata No. 11 in G Minor: I. Andante 02:19
• 41 Caldara: Sonata No. 11 in G Minor: II. Allegro E Spiritoso 03:29
• 42 Caldara: Sonata No. 11 in G Minor: III. Larghetto 03:20
• 43 Caldara: Sonata No. 11 in G Minor: IV. Allegro Assai 02:55
• Lezione 1:
• 44 Caldara: Lezione 1 01:49
• Sonata No. 12 in D Minor:
• 45 Caldara: Sonata No. 12 in D Minor: I. Allegro 02:46
• 46 Caldara: Sonata No. 12 in D Minor: II. Allegro 03:02
• 47 Caldara: Sonata No. 12 in D Minor: III. Largo 02:01
• 48 Caldara: Sonata No. 12 in D Minor: IV. Allegro 01:30
• Sonata No. 13 in F Minor:
• 49 Caldara: Sonata No. 13 in F Minor: I. Presto 01:45
• 50 Caldara: Sonata No. 13 in F Minor: II. Largo 02:20
• 51 Caldara: Sonata No. 13 in F Minor: III. Allegro 01:41
• 52 Caldara: Sonata No. 13 in F Minor: IV. Allegretto Stil Di Minuet 02:14
• Sonata No. 14 in A Minor:
• 53 Caldara: Sonata No. 14 in A Minor: I. Largo 02:42
• 54 Caldara: Sonata No. 14 in A Minor: II. Allegro 02:38
• 55 Caldara: Sonata No. 14 in A Minor: III. Aria Larghetto 03:03
• 56 Caldara: Sonata No. 14 in A Minor: IV. Allegro E Spiritoso 02:31
• Sonata No. 15 in A Major:
• 57 Caldara: Sonata No. 15 in A Major: I. Largo 02:47
• 58 Caldara: Sonata No. 15 in A Major: II. Allegro 02:40
• 59 Caldara: Sonata No. 15 in A Major: III. Aria Non Molto Allegro 01:38
• 60 Caldara: Sonata No. 15 in A Major: IV. Allegro 02:38
• Sonata No. 16 in G Major:
• 61 Caldara: Sonata No. 16 in G Major: I. Adagio 02:20
• 62 Caldara: Sonata No. 16 in G Major: II. Allegro 02:30
• 63 Caldara: Sonata No. 16 in G Major: III. Largo 01:50
• 64 Caldara: Sonata No. 16 in G Major: IV. Allegro 01:34
• Sinfonia in D Major:
• 65 Caldara: Sinfonia in D Major: I. Adagio 02:27
• 66 Caldara: Sinfonia in D Major: II. Allegro 01:19
• 67 Caldara: Sinfonia in D Major: III. Grave 01:15
• 68 Caldara: Sinfonia in D Major: IV. Presto 00:45
• Concerto in D Minor:
• 69 Caldara: Concerto in D Minor: I. Allegro 02:47
• 70 Caldara: Concerto in D Minor: II. Larghetto 02:27
• 71 Caldara: Concerto in D Minor: III. Allegro Assai 03:18
• Total Runtime 02:55:11

Info for Caldara: Complete Cello Sonatas

A new and complete survey of the attractive body of cello sonatas which, in his day, helped to make Antonio Caldara a Viennese rival to the fame of Antonio Vivaldi in Venice.

Born in Venice as the son of a violinist, Caldara grew up as a chorister at the Basilica di San Marco, and won important posts in Mantua, Rome and Barcelona, as a maestro di capella to royal courts. But it was his move to Vienna during the 1710s which secured his name and his fortune. Becoming Vice-Kapellmeister to the Imperial Court in 1716, Caldara introduced the late Venetian style to Central Europe, and its influence remained a determining factor in both church music and opera as well as instrumental music until long after his death in 1736.

Through sacred works such as the oratorio Maddalena al piedi di Cristo, Caldara has won a following on record in the modern era. However, his surviving output of instrumental music has remained largely unexplored. Publishing his Op.1 Trio Sonatas in 1688, Caldara refers to himself as a ‘musico di violoncello’, and there can be no doubt from this collection that he knew his way around the instrument. They were composed between 22 April and 26 July 1735: Caldara’s sheer facility has perhaps told against him, with a total output of over three thousand separate works. But he knew his craft, and melody seems to have come readily to him.

A few Lezioni (Nos. 43, 23 & 1) from Caldara’s published instruction method for learning the cello are included as preludes to Sonatas Nos. 8, 10 and 12. Most of the sonatas belong to the four-movement ‘sonata da chiesa’ form, but Caldara also used the three-movement archetype which became increasingly standard. There is no shortage of opportunities for virtuosic display, as well as for lyricism.

These recordings are made by musicians immersed in the Italian late-Baroque world. In its expanded form, L’Arte dell’ Arco has made much praised recordings of Haydn and Vivaldi for Brilliant Classics, including a comprehensive box of Vivaldi’s Concertos Opp. 1-12. These Italian musicians speak and sing Caldara’s music with unforced fluency.

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), an Italian Baroque composer, was born in Venice, where he was a chorister in the famous San Marco, with Legrenzi as his teacher. He soon spread his wings across Europe and held several important posts in Mantua, the Spanish court in Barcelona, Rome and eventually the post of Kapellmeister at the Imperial Court in Vienna. Caldara left a substantial oeuvre, consisting of instrumental music in the tradition of Corelli, sacred music and operas.

Caldara’s sonatas for cello and basso continuo exemplify the transition from the late Baroque style toward the emerging galant aesthetic. These works are clearly written by a master of the instrument, as Caldara evidently was. The sonatas typically follow a four-movement structure, alternating slow and fast tempos, in the tradition of the sonata da chiesa. They blend lyrical, cantabile lines with virtuosic passages, showing the cello’s agility and warm tone.

Played by one of Italy’s foremost “Early Music” cellists, Francesco Galligioni, playing with fellow members of the ensemble L’Arte dell’Arco. He successfully recorded the complete cello concertos by Vivaldi, works by Dall’Abaco, sonatas by Lanzetti and others.

Francesco Galligioni, cello
Alberto Galligioni, cello
Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord & organ
Lorenzo Feder, organ
Paolo Zuccheri, violone
L'Arte dell'Arco

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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