Ed. by/ A cura di Cesare Fertonani-The series Eighteenth Century Italian Music includes compositions of special historical and musical significance. Each edition is based on the original sources to off er performers works that satisfy clear critical and musicological criteria.This anthology includes ten sonatas carefully selected from among those written by ten of the most important eighteenthcentury Italian composers of cello music: Luigi Boccherini Sonata VI G. 4 - Antonio Caldara Sonata ottava -Francesco Geminiani Sonata op. V n. 2 H. 104 - Carlo Graziani Sonata op. II n. 3 - Salvatore Lanzetti Sonata op. I n. 5 - Benedetto Marcello Sonata op. I n. 1 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Sinfonia avioloncello solo - Giovanni Benedetto Platti Sonata quarta - Nicola Porpora Sinfonia a violoncello solo - Antonio Vivaldi Sinfonia a violoncello solo RV 39

It was a chance visit to a second hand bookshop in Nottingham that set me on the trail of Rossini's now well-known Duetto for cello and double bass. But the story begins earlier than that. In the 1960s I was studying the double bass at the Royal College of Music with Adrian Beers who was at that time principal of the English Chamber Orchestra on the front desk of the Philharmonia Orchestra and a member of the Melos Ensemble of London (then one of the leading ensembles of the world). I was working on the 'Dragonetti Concerto' as most young players do and I wanted to find out a bit about it. My teacher said he thought the autograph manuscript might be in the British Library which was all the encouragement I needed to secure a pass to the Reading Room so I could go and see for myself. There sure enough I found a large collection of Dragonetti's autograph manuscripts together with other bound volumes relating to his life. The papers had been lovingly collated and annotated by Vincent Novello one of Dragonetti's closest friends then deposited in the library before his departure to Italy in 1848 two years after Dragonetti's death. One of the volumes included a lot of letters about various engagements and music festivals copies of orders for strings Dragonetti wanted from Italy details about paintings he wanted to buy and numerous invitations to private functions. The manuscript of the 'Dragonetti Concerto' of course wasn't among the papers we now know it to have been written by Edouard Nanny a century or so later. One name that came up regularly in the documents was that of Sir George Smart. Smart had been a violinist in Salomon's orchestra and had played for Haydn at his London concerts in the 1790s. As a child he had learnt much about music from his father who had in turn been present at many of Handel's rehearsals when he was preparing some of his major works for the first time. Smart was also a fine keyboard player becoming organist of the Chapel Royal in 1822. As a conductor

Includes: Sonata I (RV 47) Sonata II (RV 41) Sonata III (RV 43) Sonata IV (RV 45) Sonata V (RV 40) Sonata VI (RV 46).   Please note this comes with a separate Cello part.

Edition : Paris, 1774La préface donne une biographie de Jean-Baptiste Janson et une explication détaillée de sa notation.Présentation de :Philippe Lescat : Biographie de Jean-Baptiste JansonJean Saint-Arroman : Lecture de la partition / Violoncelle Et Basse Continue / 38 pages / niveau : 1 / Fac-Similés - Format: 24.5 X 33.5

Sonates pour le violoncelle avec la basse continüe. Livre III. Edition : Paris, l'Auteur, Boivin, Leclerc, (s.d. = 1739).Présentation : Terminologie - Agrémentation - Chiffrages - Reprises - Points d'orgue.Ce remarquable livre de sonates pour violoncelle et basse continue comprend une sonate en trio qui suppose 2 violoncelles solistes et un violoncelle pour jouer la partie de basse réalisée par le clavecin. / Violoncelle Et Basse Continue / 36 pages / niveau : 1 / Fac-Similés - Format: 24 X 33

Edition : Paris, l'Auteur, Boivin, Leclerc, 1736.Présentation de Maëlle Trouvé : Biographie de Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Masse - Lecture de la partition (notation, ornementation, phrasé, terminologie, basse-continue, forme)Ces sonates, dites 'à deux violoncelles', sont en fait écrites pour violoncelle et basse-continue.Ce recueil de très jolies sonates a l'avantage d'être techniquement très abordable. Il sera donc un élément intéressant d'initiation au style de cette époque. - / Violoncelle Et Basse Continue / 36 pages / niveau : 1 / Fac-Similés - Format: 24 X 33