"A tireless explorer of territories off the beaten track, Gaetano Nasillo has already addressed Venetian music with a memorable album devoted to composer and 'musico di violoncello' Antonio Caldara (A369). This new album brings us back to Venice to discover cello virtuosos and sonatas between Vivaldi and Tartini.

In his recorded anthology of sonatas for the instrument the cellist Gaetano Nasillo has selected eight works by eight different composers with a connection to La Serenissima. One composer, Antonio Vivaldi, is extremely well known; two, Benedetto Marcello and Giovanni Benedetto Platti, are slightly known; the remaining five - Girolamo Bassani, Diogenio Bigaglia, Antonio Martinelli, Antonio Vandini and Michele Stratico - are hardly known at all, and this premiere recording of their sonatas reveals the high quality and simple enjoyability of their music.' - Michael Talbot"

Gaetano Nasillo, cello
Sara Bennici, cello
Evangelina Mascardi, theorbe
Anna Fontana, harpsichord

TRACKLIST

1. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata III in A minor: I. Adagio
2. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata III in A Minor: II. Allegro
3. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata III in A Minor: III. Grave
4. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata III in A Minor: IV. Presto
5. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: I. Adagio
6. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: II. Allegro
7. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: III. Grave
8. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata VI in G Major, Op. 1 No. 6: IV. Allegro
9. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata I in G Minor: I. Adagio
10. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata I in G Minor: II. Non Presto
11. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata I in G Minor: III. Largho
12. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata I in G Minor: IV. Allegro
13. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: I. Largo
14. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: II. Allegro
15. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: III. Largo
16. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello solo in B-Flat Major, RV46: IV. Allegro
17. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello in G Major: I. [Largo]
18. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello in G Major: II. [Allegro]
19. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello in G Major: III: Largo
20. Evangelina Mascardi;Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello in G Major: IV. [Allegro]
21. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata in A Minor: I: Largo
22. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata in A Minor: II. Allegro
23. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata in A Minor: III: Allegro assai
24. Gaetano Nasillo;Anna Fontana - Sonata per violoncello in D Major: I. Adagio
25. Gaetano Nasillo;Anna Fontana - Sonata per violoncello in D Major: II. Allegro
26. Gaetano Nasillo;Anna Fontana - Sonata per violoncello in D Major: III. Andante
27. Gaetano Nasillo;Anna Fontana - Sonata per violoncello in D Major: IV. Allegro
28. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello e basso in A Major: I. Grave
29. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello e basso in A Major: II: Allegro
30. Gaetano Nasillo;Sara Bennici;Anna Fontana - Sonata à violoncello e basso in A Major: III. Minuetto con variazioni