This album was recorded in January 2020 at the Convento di San Francesco in Cori (LT), Italy.
Composer Biography
Antonio Maria Bononcini's music is generally more virtuosic and elaborate than his elder brother Giovanni's, often featuring tremolos, double-stopping, and repeated notes.
Cultural Impact
Michel Corrette, a French composer, even attributed the invention of the modern cello to Giovanni Bononcini in 1741, though this was an exaggeration.
Compositional Technique
Giovanni Bononcini's cello writing frequently uses the instrument's high register to distinguish its sound from the continuo line, a characteristic of his style.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747) and his younger brother Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726) were considered outstanding cello virtuosi by their contemporaries.
Instruments
Giovanni Bononcini helped popularize a smaller cello, similar in size to the modern instrument, and encouraged its use across Europe.
Composition History
Two sinfonie for cello and continuo by Giovanni Bononcini, recorded here for the first time, were recently discovered in a 1699 manuscript from Naples.
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