The present release features the first recording of Johann Carl Bischoff's Six Sonatas for Cello performed by Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza on period instruments. Johann Carl Bischoff (1747-1800) was a a German composer and a virtuoso cellist. He became a member of the court orchestra of the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau in the 1770s. In 1793, Bischoff invented a cello-like instrument, which he named the Harmonicello. The instrument had five bowed gut strings and ten sympathetic metal ones. The Six Sonatas, featured here, are rooted in the best classical tradition, but above all are able to anticipate the sublime adventure of German Romantic music.

Tracklist:

Cello Sonata No. 1 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 1: I. Allegro Moderato
Cello Sonata No. 1 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 1: II. Adagio
Cello Sonata No. 1 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 1: III. Rondo Grazioso
Cello Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Op. 1 No. 2: I. Allegro Moderato
Cello Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Op. 1 No. 2: II. Adagio
Cello Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Op. 1 No. 2: III. Pastorale Grazioso
Cello Sonata No. 3 In E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 3: I. Allegro Moderato
Cello Sonata No. 3 In E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 3: II. Adagio
Cello Sonata No. 3 In E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 3: III. Rondo
Cello Sonata No. 4 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 4: I. Allegro Moderato
Cello Sonata No. 4 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 4: II. Adagio Assai
Cello Sonata No. 4 In C Major, Op. 1 No. 4: III. Rondo Grazioso
Cello Sonata No. 5 E Major, Op. 1 No. 5: I. Allegro Moderato
Cello Sonata No. 5 E Major, Op. 1 No. 5: II. Larghetto
Cello Sonata No. 5 E Major, Op. 1 No. 5: III. Grazioso
Cello Sonata No. 6 In F Major, Op. 1 No. 6: I. Allegro Moderato
Cello Sonata No. 6 In F Major, Op. 1 No. 6: II. Adagio Assai
Cello Sonata No. 6 In F Major, Op. 1 No. 6: III. Presto

UPC: 8051773570667
Label: Urania Records
Release Date: 3.19.21
Format: CD

Bischoff / Ronco / Vozza - 6 Sonatas for Cello (CD)