The Cello According to Dall'Abaco Elinor Frey, Cathrine Jones, Michele Pasotti, Federica Bianchi

• Giuseppe Clemente Dall'Abaco (1710 - 1805): Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, ABV 37:
• 1 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, ABV 37: I. Allegro 04:11
• 2 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, ABV 37: II. Pastorale siciliana 05:32
• 3 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in E-Flat Major, ABV 37: III. Rondo grazioso 02:43
• Cello Duetto in F Major, ABV 48:
• 4 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in F Major, ABV 48: I. Adagio 05:30
• 5 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in F Major, ABV 48: II. Allegro 04:00
• 6 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in F Major, ABV 48: III. Moderato assai grazioso 05:49
• Cello Sonata in G Major, ABV 28:
• 7 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in G Major, ABV 28: I. Allegro 05:00
• 8 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in G Major, ABV 28: II. Andante 04:47
• 9 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in G Major, ABV 28: III. Allegro 03:55
• Cello Duetto in A Minor, ABV 49:
• 10 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in A Minor, ABV 49: I. Allegretto 03:47
• 11 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in A Minor, ABV 49: II. Andante 03:34
• 12 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in A Minor, ABV 49: III. Menuet en rondeau 03:21
• Cello Duetto in G Major, ABV 47:
• 13 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in G Major, ABV 47: I. Allegro 04:56
• 14 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in G Major, ABV 47: II. Adagio 03:00
• 15 Dall'Abaco: Cello Duetto in G Major, ABV 47: III. Allegro 03:40
• Cello Sonata in D Minor, ABV 45:
• 16 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in D Minor, ABV 45: I. Allegretto 03:19
• 17 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in D Minor, ABV 45: II. Cantabile 03:39
• 18 Dall'Abaco: Cello Sonata in D Minor, ABV 45: III. Rondò (Andante) 04:08
• Total Runtime 01:14:51

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Giuseppe Clemente Dall'Abaco (1710-1805), Sohn des Komponisten Evariso Dall'Abaco, erlernte bereits als Kind das Violoncellospiel. Aufgewachsen in München fand er bereits 1729 Anstellung am Hof des Kurfürsten von Köln und begann eine faszinierende musikalische Karriere, die ihn u. a. in London, Paris und Wien bekannt machte und sogar mehrere "bewegte" Episoden aufweist. Französiche Anmut, deutsche Gründlichkeit und italienische Freude an der Virtuosität treffen in seinen großartigen Sonaten und Duos für Violoncello aufeinander, die hier zum Teil erstmals eingespielt wurden.

Elinor Frey, Cello
Catherine Jones, Cello
Michele Pasotti, Laute
Federica Bianchi, Cembalo

Elinor Frey
is a leading Canadian-American cellist, gambist, and researcher. Her albums on the Belgian label Passacaille and Canadian label Analekta – many of which are world premiere recordings – are the fruit of long collaborations with artists and scholars such as Suzie LeBlanc, Marc Vanscheeuwijck, and Lorenzo Ghielmi, as well as with composers including Maxime McKinley, Linda Catlin Smith, Christian Mason, and Lisa Streich. Elinor’s recording of cello sonatas by Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco received a Diapason d’Or and her critical editions of Dall’Abaco’s cello music is published in collaboration with Walhall Editions. In April 2022, she welcomed the CD release of Early Italian Cello Concertos, a collaboration with Rosa Barocca orchestra.

Elinor is the artistic director of Accademia de’ Dissonanti, an organization for performance and research, and she has performed throughout the Americas and in Europe in recital and with numerous chamber ensembles and orchestras (Constantinople, Il Gardellino, Tafelmusik, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Arion, Les idées heureuses, etc.).

Recipient of dozens of grants and prizes supporting performance and research, including the US-Italy Fulbright Fellowship (studying with Paolo Beschi in Como, Italy) and a recent research residency at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, Elinor holds degrees from McGill, Mannes, and Juilliard. She teaches early cello and performance practice at McGill University and the Université de Montréal and is a Visiting Fellow in Music (2020–2023) at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. Frey was awarded Québec’s Opus Prize for “Performer of the Year” in 2021.

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