These sonatas were originally scored for an unusual ensemble of two violins, cello, and double-bass, lacking a viola.
Rossini composed these Six Sonatas for Strings at the age of twelve, in 1804, without having taken any formal composition lessons.
Sonata No. 3 in this collection includes a direct quotation from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.
The Six Sonatas for Strings were composed and copied in just three days at the country house of Rossini's friend and patron, Agostino Triossi.
This recording was made in the Concert Hall in Rzeszów, Poland, between January 17-20, 2013.
Gioachino Rossini, the composer, was born on February 29, 1792, in Pesaro, a small town on the Adriatic coast.
The ARSO Ensemble is composed of leaders and soloists from the Podkarpacka Philharmonic Orchestra in Rzeszów, Poland.
