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), son of the composer Evariso Dall'Abaco, learned to play the cello as a child. Raised in Munich, he found employment at the court of the Elector of Cologne as early as 1729 and embarked on a fascinating musical career that made him famous in London, Paris and Vienna, among other places, and even features several "eventful" episodes. French grace, German thoroughness and Italian joy of virtuosity meet in his magnificent sonatas and duos for violoncello, some of which are recorded here for the first time.

Elinor Frey, cello
Catherine Jones, cello
Michele Pasotti, lute
Federica Bianchi, harpsichord

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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