Pericoli: Cello Sonatas
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Composer: Pasquale Pericoli
Artists: Federico Bracalente (cello), Nicola Procaccini (harpsichord)
Pasquale Pericoli is now so obscured by time that neither his place and date of birth or death can be ascertained, though in the preface to these six sonatas he declares himself ‘a Neapolitan from Lecce’. Neapolitan should be loosely understood here, as the writ of its kingdom in the 18th century ran all the way east and south to the town of Lecce in the heel of Italy.
These sonatas are indeed Pericoli’s only extant works, and they are a most stylish, melodically appealing example of Neapolitan chamber music otherwise represented with greater renown by composers such as Leonardo Leo and Alessandro Scarlatti. His fame as both a performer and composer spread sufficiently far across Europe for him to work for an Italian theatre-opera company in Stockholm between 1752 and 1757. Although the style of these sonatas belongs recognisably to the Neapolitan school, Pericoli was far better than an epigone or slavish imitator, and his writing betrays first-hand knowledge of the cello and its technical possibilities, including much high writing and string-crossing in the quicker movements. The sonatas were published together as a set in 1769, and perhaps conceived as a single entity given that they were written in different keys, in an ascending scale of B flat major, C major, E flat major, F minor, G minor and A major.
Taken together, the sonatas embody a moment of significant development in the history of music in the movement from Baroque to Classical aesthetics. In this sense the Fourth Sonata is emblematic, with a sonata-form Allegro, an Aria in the guise
of a Siciliana, distinctly reminiscent of Pergolesi and Leo, and a severely contrapuntal quick finale.
The sonatas are played here by a pair of Italian musicians thoroughly versed in the historically informed performing traditions of the time.
First recording of Pericoli’s 6 Cello Sonatas.
Little is known about the life of Pasquale Pericoli, who lived and worked in the second half of the 18th century. He is known to have produced operas in Stockholm for some years, he himself claimed to be of Neapolitan origin.
His Neapolitan roots certainly are betrayed in his 6 Cello Sonatas, in which the formal structure of the Sonata (albeit in embryonic form, not yet fully developed as in the Classical Period) is imbued with melodic charm and cantabile, the cello seeming to sing instead of play.
Cellist Federico Bracalente specialised in the performance of Baroque music, playing in illustrious ensembles like the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, and collaborates with artists such as Sara Mingardo, Alfredo Bernardini and Romina Basso.
Excellent liner notes written by a scholar, in both Italian and English.
00:00:00 Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegretto
00:04:03 Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Cantabile
00:09:07 Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. Spiritoso
00:12:37 Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major: I. Allegro
00:15:30 Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major: II. Cantabile
00:17:32 Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major: III. Allegretto a modo di cembalo
00:20:00 Cello Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major: I. Allegretto cantabile
00:23:56 Cello Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major: II. Largo
00:26:51 Cello Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major: III. Allegro
00:29:16 Cello Sonata No. 4 in F Minor: I. Allegretto
00:33:21 Cello Sonata No. 4 in F Minor: II. Siciliana. Cantabile
00:36:30 Cello Sonata No. 4 in F Minor: III. Allegro
00:38:10 Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Minor: I. Allegretto
00:43:26 Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Minor: II. Cantabile
00:46:59 Cello Sonata No. 5 in G Minor: III. Allegro
00:49:06 Cello Sonata No. 6 in A Major: I. Allegro
00:52:48 Cello Sonata No. 6 in A Major: II. Largo
00:55:26 Cello Sonata No. 6 in A Major: III. Allegro
Baroque time was certainly very prolific in music and composers; many, little known and a lot almost unknown. And that is quite sad for the beauty of their music is frankly remarkable.
Thank you. We must leave a bit the traditional composers to whom we are, maybe, too much devote.
You may enjoy discovering Barbara Strozzi 's 'works; a female composer not enough known. Cheers from France.
Concordo. Gosto de Vivaldi, Handel, Villa-Lobos, Mozart, Haydn, Bach, etc., mas sempre ouço esses canais de música que nos brindam com trabalhos de compositores menos conhecidos, porém com belos trabalhos. Saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷.
che meraviglioso tesoro grazie infinite.
I'm writing this on Dec, 2022. It's amazing that this channel has been posting such unknown yet great music for 10years. Wish you a Merry Christmas ✨🎄✨
Same to you!
I love the way we hear the musician ' s breath. Very peacefull and charming. Thanks for sharing.
I am very happy to not miss these absolutely beautiful pieces. True treasures.
Beautiful ❤️
Muchas gracias....por estas maravillosas páginas musicales
Thanks for the upload. Great work recovering these forgotten baroque composers and works
Güzel Müzikler. Teşekkürler. ( Beautiful Mussic. Thanks.)
Thank You Brillant Classics ,Magnifique Cello Sonatas de Pericoli ,Frederico Bracalente &Nicola Procaccini
Thank you for uploading.
¡Un misterio, un acierto! Gracias Brilliant Classics. Saludos a todos.
Grazie Mille! È meraviglioso per cuore ed orecchio. Dios sa noi e nostro lavoro.
Excelente. 🇧🇷
Beautifull. Thank you.
Eccellente musica, e la interpretazione non lo è meno.
Tante grazie signori!!
Outro compositor, novo para mim. Obrigado!
Bellissimo!! Thank u so much :*
Teşekkürler Brilliant Classics müziksiz bir yaşam düşünemiyorum
Dear Brilliant Classics ~,
It is the first time for me to listen to Pasquale Pericoli's music,
with which I was very much satisfied.
And I am proud of being your subscriber from long before.
Great thanks for your posting.
Thank you for your kind message. We will continue to upload more classical music to enjoy and we hope that we will keep you as a proud subscriber!
- Brilliant Classics
I and many others....proud AND grateful subscribers! BRAVO, BC!
Brilliant Classics waiting for your new uploadings, thanks for this one.
Thanks Brilliant Classics for your incredible work of publicizing such beautiful and forgotten works.
Bravo!
Interpretación / ejecución super en ambos instrumentos
聶に ここてぃよい 🦄
Es bonito
Es bueno
¿Sólo bonito?
🇹🇷😍🤗
I'm sorry, but I would *never* lay my cello as it is shown in the picture. I'd be too afraid of what might happen to it.
Fully agree with you.
Just out of curiousity, what do you expect would happen?
It being so fragile lying there like that, supposes everyone will keep a respectable distance! I do it sometimes, but I put my bow parallel to the fingerboard. // Beautiful sonates and playing, thanks for uploading!
You are probably right, but don´t you think the image is a very subtle analogy to the composers name, meaning "dangers"?
Hadn't noticed! Might very well be, now we'll have to ask Federico.
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I imagine this is a beautiful performance without commercials popping up every few minutes. I can understand ads at the beginning or the end, but sound ads sprinkled throughout a performance like this shows an unforgivable lack of respect for the music and the performers. If you just want to make as much money as possible, you should stick to posting something less artistic like tractor pulls or cat videos. In video ads have really destroyed UA-cam as a classical music platform.
Just install adblocker
Go You Tube Premium Watson
What is an ad?
Adblocker is amazing to get out with ads. Cheers from France.
@@euomu Yes! it's really works!
mediocri sonate eseguite in modo pessimo
per piacere, espliciti le fondamenta della sua dichiarazione, in particolar modo relativamente all'esecuzione. Devo imparare a raffinare l'orecchio: Ogni giudizio può avere il suo aspetto positivo! Grazie
It's so easy and craven to say this
certo certo bravo bravo
Pero si no sabe escribir.