Rating: 5/5
Review:
Very enjoyable
I like this disc
very much. Dall’Abaco and Francesco Galligioni were both new to me
so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it’s a disc of charm and
fine musicianship.
Dall’Abaco was an
older contemporary of Bach (by about ten years) but these pieces are
much freer than the Cello Suites and remind me more of Abel’s
pieces for viola da gamba. They aren’t works of genius, but they
have real charm and interest and they are a pleasure to listen to. A
whole CD at once can get a bit much, but in smaller groups they are a
real pleasure.
Galligioni plays
very well, with a rhythmic freedom that serves the music well. He
has the technique to play some quite virtuosic passages with no sense
of strain and his cello sounds lovely throughout – and is very well
recorded.
This is one of those
shot-in-the-dark discs which has proved a real winner for me and I
can recommend it very warmly.
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