The Cello in Spain
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Label: Glossa
Cat No: GCD923103
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 5th May 2015
Contents
Works
Manuscrito de Barcelona: AdagioCello Sonata in C major, G6
Guitar Quintet no.4 in D major, G448 'Fandango'
Cello Sonata in A minor
Cello Concerto in G major
Toccata prima in G major for cello solo
Duetto-Andante
Ultima leccion in B flat major
Artists
Josetxu Obregon (cello)La Ritirata
Conductor
Josetxu ObregonWorks
Manuscrito de Barcelona: AdagioCello Sonata in C major, G6
Guitar Quintet no.4 in D major, G448 'Fandango'
Cello Sonata in A minor
Cello Concerto in G major
Toccata prima in G major for cello solo
Duetto-Andante
Ultima leccion in B flat major
Artists
Josetxu Obregon (cello)La Ritirata
Conductor
Josetxu ObregonAbout
Josetxu Obregón and La Ritirata bring us an update on 18th-century cello music and performance in Spain with their latest Glossa CD.
The selection made by this exciting cellist provides a sample of pieces which would have been heard in Spain during the infancy of the instrument and in the period leading into the Age of the Enlightenment. Such was the popularity of the cello many composers and virtuosi came from elsewhere to perform, either passing through Spain or settling there for life, as did Luigi Boccherini and Domingo Porretti (a cello concerto from the latter is performed here).
Obregón’s vivid advocacy – matched by scholar José Carlos Gonsálvez in his accompanying booklet – reaches out to the first native cello school, with music from Pablo Vidal and José Zayas, and many of these pieces are recorded here for the first time.
As well as a captivating sonata from Jean-Pierre Duport (dedicated to the Duke of Alba after the French cellist’s visit to Madrid), we are also treated to a new reading of Boccherini’s evocative 'Fandango', drawn from the Guitar Quintet in D, complete with castanets!
La Ritirata’s choices of instruments and performing styles admirably match the demands of music ranging from the Baroque to the Classical, and this new disc paves the way for a broader exploration of the presence of the cello in the group’s home country.
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