Vandini: Complete Works Francesco Galligion & iL'Arte Dell'Arco

• Antonio Vandini (1690 - 1778): Cello Sonata in C Major, I-Vnm:
• 1 Cello Sonata in C Major, I-Vnm: I. Grave 02:16
• 2 Cello Sonata in C Major, I-Vnm: II. Allegro 02:21
• 3 Cello Sonata in C Major, I-Vnm: III. Menuet 02:10
• Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, F-Pn VM7-6285:
• 4 Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, F-Pn VM7-6285: I. Largo 03:06
• 5 Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, F-Pn VM7-6285: II. Allegro 01:59
• 6 Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, F-Pn VM7-6285: III. Menuet 02:08
• Cello Sonata in A Minor, F-Pn VM7-6285:
• 7 Cello Sonata in A Minor, F-Pn VM7-6285: I. Largo 04:14
• 8 Cello Sonata in A Minor, F-Pn VM7-6285: II. Allegro 02:16
• 9 Cello Sonata in A Minor, F-Pn VM7-6285: III. Allegro assai 01:21
• Cello Concerto in D Major, D-SWI:
• 10 Cello Concerto in D Major, D-SWI: I. Allegro 03:19
• 11 Cello Concerto in D Major, D-SWI: II. Andantino 02:59
• 12 Cello Concerto in D Major, D-SWI: III. Allegro 03:32
• Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, D-B KHM 5527:
• 13 Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, D-B KHM 5527: I. Grave 03:50
• 14 Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, D-B KHM 5527: II. Allegro 03:05
• 15 Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, D-B KHM 5527: III. Allegro 01:21
• Cello Sonata in E Major, D-B KHM 5529:
• 16 Cello Sonata in E Major, D-B KHM 5529: I. Grave 02:33
• 17 Cello Sonata in E Major, D-B KHM 5529: II. Allegro 01:32
• 18 Cello Sonata in E Major, D-B KHM 5529: III. Allegro 02:54
• Cello Sonata in C Major, D-B KHM 5528:
• 19 Cello Sonata in C Major, D-B KHM 5528: I. Andante 03:37
• 20 Cello Sonata in C Major, D-B KHM 5528: II. Allegro 02:21
• 21 Cello Sonata in C Major, D-B KHM 5528: III. Allegro 01:56
• Total Runtime 54:50

Info for Vandini: Complete Works

Antonio Vandini was born around 1690 in Bologna, the city where the cello knew its first glories as a solo instrument. He held several assignments in Bergamo, Venice and later Padua, where he developed a friendship with Giovanni Tartini. His virtuosity was brought to fame by Charles Burney who defined him the famous old Antonio Vandini on the violoncello who, the Italians say, plays and expresses a parlare, that is in such a manner as to make his instrument speak. Vandinis cello works are the apex of the instruments output of his time, for the persistent exploration of the high register, the frequent use of double stopping, arpeggios and chords even in unusual combinations, a variety of bowing techniques, and rapid passages. The works recorded on this release represent his complete output and are played by the specialist period ensemble L Arte dellArco, as usual on period instruments, using the original under-hand bow technique invented by Vandini himself.

Francesco Galligoni, cello
L'Arte Dell Arco

Francesco Galligion
obtained a Diploma in cello at the C. Pollini Conservatoire in Padua under G. Chiampan, then he then studied with Franco Maggio Ormezowski at both the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome and at the A. Toscanini Foundation in Parma in the courses for soloists and orchestra leaders.

He has taken part in courses specializing in baroque cello held by W. Vestidello and G. Nasillo, and worked with famous soloists and conductors (Anner Bylsma, Giuliano Carmignola, Cecilia Bartoli, Max Emmanuel Cencic, Magdalena Kozena, Sergio Azzolini, Sara Mingardo, Victoria Mullova, Angelika Kirschlagher, Andrea Marcon, Federico Guglielmo, Sir J. E. Gardiner, Diego Fasolis, Pedro Halffter, Bob Van Asperen, Michael Radulescu, Gustav Leonhardt, Christopher Hogwood), both in concert performances and recordings.

His passion for early music led him to study viola da gamba with Paolo Biordi at the Conservatoire in Florence, where he obtained the Diploma in 2004, followed in 2007 by a first class degree with a thesis on the relationship between the arpeggione, viola da gamba and baroque cello, with a performance on this latter instrument of the famous sonata.

A founding member of the Accademia di S. Rocco and later of the Venice Baroque Orchestra, he has played first cello in the foremost concert venues, including the Royal Albert Hall and Barbican Hall (London), Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (New York), JFK Center for Performing Arts (Washington DC), Tonhalle (Zurich), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Het Concertgebow (Amsterdam), Musikverein and Konzerthaus (Vienna), Kyoi hall (Tokyo), Opera Berlioz (Montpellier), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris), W. Disney City Hall (Los Angeles), Gran Teatro La Fenice (Venice).

He has recorded for ARCHIV (Deutsche Grammophon), Arts, ORF, Chandos, Brilliant, Naxos and Sony Classical. With this latter label he played first cello and soloist with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, as well as performing in various chamber ensembles, including in Trio with G. Carmignola and L. Kirtzof and in sonatas with A. Bylsma.

His concerts as a soloist have been broadcast by WDR, ORF, SWR2 and MDR (concerto for violin and cello by A. Vivaldi with G. Carmignola), as well as by ABC, NPR, BBC3, RDP and Japanese television while touring in Japan in September 2005.

The ensembles with which he has played lead parts include Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, Orchestra Barocca del Friuli Venezia Giulia “G.B.Tiepolo”, I Barocchisti, Oman Consort, Arte dell’Arco, Gambe di Legno Consort, i Virtuosi delle Muse, Opera Stravagante. In 2006 he was guest cello soloist with the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2007 he taught at the Ludwigsburger Akademie summer courses, and played as soloist with the orchestra in the Salzburg Festspiele at the Musikverein Grosser Saal in Vienna, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Barbican in London, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.

In November-December 2008, he took part in a chamber music tour with cellist Mario Brunello with concerts in Florence, Milan, Turin and Rome in Italy, and then in Japan.

In recent years Galligioni has also focused on contemporary music on period instruments, playing works by composers such as Philip Glass, Giovanni Sollima, G. Bersanetti, J. Tavener. In 2011 he was the soloist in the Vivaldi Concerto RV531 with cellist Gautier Capuchon.

His recording of the complete cello concertos by Vivaldi was recently released in a 4 CD set by Brilliant Classics, who also released his recording of Vivaldi’s six printed sonatas. A 5 CD set of Salvatore Lanzetti’s printed sonatas and dall’Abaco capricci.

Galligioni plays a cello made by Paolo Antonio Testore in 1740 and a viola da gamba dating back to the early 1700s. He has taught cello at the Conservatoires of Lecce, Reggio Calabria, Genoa and Adria, and currently teaches the same instrument at the A. Steffani Conservatoire in Castelfranco Veneto (TV), and the viola da gamba at the J. Tomadini Conservatoire in Udine.

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