Ensemble Il Continuo & Gioele Gusberti - Somis: Sonatas for Cello & Continuo (2018)

Tracklist
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01. Cello Sonata No. 4 in D Minor: I. Largo
02. Cello Sonata No. 4 in D Minor: II. Allegro
03. Cello Sonata No. 4 in D Minor: III. Allegro
04. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major: I. Largo
05. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major: II. Allegro
06. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major: III. Allegro
07. Cello Sonata No. 3 in G Major: I. Largo
08. Cello Sonata No. 3 in G Major: II. Allegro
09. Cello Sonata No. 3 in G Major: III. Allegro
10. Cello Sonata No. 8 in E Minor: I. Andante
11. Cello Sonata No. 8 in E Minor: II. Allegro
12. Cello Sonata No. 8 in E Minor: III. Allegro
13. Cello Sonata No. 7 in B Minor: I. Largo
14. Cello Sonata No. 7 in B Minor: II. Allegro
15. Cello Sonata No. 7 in B Minor: III. Allegro
16. Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: I. Largo
17. Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: II. Allegro
18. Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: III. Allegro
19. Cello Sonata No. 10 in E Major: I. Andante
20. Cello Sonata No. 10 in E Major: II. Allegro
21. Cello Sonata No. 10 in E Major: III. Allegro
22. Cello Sonata No. 12 in B-Flat Major: I. Largo
23. Cello Sonata No. 12 in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro
24. Cello Sonata No. 12 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro
25. Cello Sonata No. 11 in E-Flat Major: I. Largo
26. Cello Sonata No. 11 in E-Flat Major: II. Allegro
27. Cello Sonata No. 11 in E-Flat Major: III. Allegro
28. Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Minor: I. Largo
29. Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Minor: II. Allegro
30. Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Minor: III. Allegro
31. Cello Sonata No. 6 in D Major: I. Largo
32. Cello Sonata No. 6 in D Major: II. Allegro
33. Cello Sonata No. 6 in D Major: III. Allegro
34. Cello Sonata No. 9 in G Minor: I. Largo
35. Cello Sonata No. 9 in G Minor: II. Allegro
36. Cello Sonata No. 9 in G Minor: III. Allegro (e variazioni)

Written around 1740, this collection of Sonatas was likely composed to celebrate the arrival of the illustrious Salvatore Lanzetti, an incredible cello virtuoso, at the official court of Turin. It was at this noble destination that the fifty-year-old Giovanni Battista Somis, forefather of the Piedmontese school of violin that included the most famous interpreters of Italian music, wrote these works and elaborated upon his compositional idea of extreme elegance that differed from the works being composed by his peers. Here, the works are recorded by Ensemble Il Continuo, which consists of Gioele Gusberti, Claudio Frigerio, and Marija Jovanovich, all renowned soloists and chamber musicians in their home countries.