This album was recorded in the small theatre of the Palazzo Altemps in Rome, one of the few 17th-century theatres remaining, where Del Cinque himself performed.
Compositional Technique
Del Cinque's sonatas are in a late Baroque idiom, mostly through-composed, avoiding binary or dance forms, and typically feature a slow-fast-slow-fast pattern, aligning them with the church sonata style.
Composition History
Ermenegildo Del Cinque is considered the single most prolific composer of cello music in history, with 100 bound sonatas for two cellos, 158 unbound sonatas for two cellos, and 19 sonatas for three cellos.
Compositional Technique
Del Cinque frequently combined tempo markings with terms referring to character or timbre, such as 'Vivace vibrato' or 'Lento e amoroso,' to indicate both speed and performance technique.
Composer Biography
Despite his family's wealth, Ermenegildo Del Cinque lived a fairly frugal life, occupying only two rooms in the Palazzo Del Cinque at Montecitorio.
Composer Biography
Ermenegildo Del Cinque, a gifted poet, cellist, and composer, was born into the ancient noble house of Del Cinque-Quintili in Rome.
Composer Biography
Ermenegildo Del Cinque was known as an 'abate,' a title in the 18th century that could refer to a simple priest, seminarian, or even an unmarried layman allowed to wear a clergyman's habit.
