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Giovanni Sollima (Cello)
Notes & Reviews:
Giovanni Sollima has been successfully pursuing a twin career as cellist and as a composer and it is in both capacities that the Palermo-born musician appears now on a new recording from Glossa. Sollima teams up with I Turchini of Antonio Florio in a captivating demonstration of virtuoso concerto treasures from Leonardo Leo, Giuseppe de Majo and Nicola Fiorenza. Giovanni Sollima's empathy with the spirit of the 18th century concerto allows him not only to provide - and to play masterfully - elegantly appropriate cadenzas for the works of his forebears but to compose a modern work comfortable and at ease with its Neapolitan past (and entitled "Fecit Neap. 17..", mirroring the frequently found ascription found on manuscripts in the 18th century). With a solo cellist in Giovanni Sollima, who is equally at home in the musical worlds of Patti Smith, Claudio Abbado and Philip Glass, and a director in Antonio Florio, who is equipped with his own masterful overview of Neapolitan music from the Baroque onwards, this new disc was recorded in a venue, the old S Anna dei Lombardi monastery complex in the heart of Naples, which serves to point up how powerful a forging ground for cello music Naples was from the end of the 17th century and into the 18th, as well as in our own time.
American Record Guide, January/February 2013
The reasons for investing in this disc are several. First of all, Sollima is a player with a fine personality on the instrument and a fine technique to express it. Second, he is a composer worth hearing, and you won't find this piece of his anywhere else. The same goes, I believe, for the Fiorenza and the De Majo concertos. These works are all written for string orchestra with continuo, here played on the harpsichord (Sollima adds a harp in his own piece). His mastery of the baroque style extends to playing with a limited vibrato but, as do the best players today, he maintains a warm expressivity even without it. His readings are fully as enjoyable as the competition, and the recorded sound is excellent.
Recording information: Sala del Vasari, Chiesa di S. Anna dei Lombardi, Naples (09/2011).
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Leo, Leonardo : Concerto for Cello, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, L 60 - Performers: Giovanni Sollima (Cello); Giovanni Sollima (Cello)
- Conductor: Antonio Florio
- Ensemble: I Turchini
- Running Time: 17 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 09/1737-08/1738
Fiorenza, Nicolo : Concerto for cello & strings in B flat major - Performers: Giovanni Sollima (Cello); Giovanni Sollima (Cello)
- Conductor: Antonio Florio
- Ensemble: I Turchini
- Running Time: 13 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1728
Sollima, Giovanni : Fecit Neap. 17..., for cello, strings & continuo - Performers: Giovanni Sollima (Cello); Giovanni Sollima (Cello)
- Conductor: Antonio Florio
- Ensemble: I Turchini
- Running Time: 18 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 2011
Fiorenza, Nicolo : Sinfonia for 4 violins & continuo in C minor - Performers: Giovanni Sollima (Cello); Giovanni Sollima (Cello)
- Conductor: Antonio Florio
- Ensemble: I Turchini
- Running Time: 10 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Orchestral
Majo, Giuseppe de : Concerto for Cello in F major - Performers: Giovanni Sollima (Cello); Giovanni Sollima (Cello)
- Conductor: Antonio Florio
- Ensemble: I Turchini
- Running Time: 11 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Concerto
