RIES: Cello Sonatas (CD)

GRANDE SONATE Op.20 in C
for the Fortepiano and Cello
Dedicated to Bernard Romberg
1. I. Allegro con brio 8’46
2. II. Adagio 3’07
3. III. Polonaise, Allegretto Moderato 8’35
GRANDE SONATE Op.125 in G minor
for the Fortepiano and Cello
Dedicated to Sir Herbert Taylor
4. I. Grave-Allegro-Grave-Allegro-
Grave-Allegro 16’10
5. II. Larghetto con moto 7’00
6. III. Rondo, Allegretto 7’17
GRANDE SONATE Op.21 in A
for the Fortepiano and Cello
Dedicated to Bernard Romberg
7. I. Allegro 11’47
8. II. Andantino quasi allegretto 5’55
9. III. Menuetto, Allegretto 3’58
10. IV. Rondo, Allegro ma non troppo 6’03

Total time 78’44

Gaetano Nasillo cello
Antonio Ungarini, Fabriano ca. 1750

Alessandro Commellato fortepiano
Joseph Boehm 1825

Recording: 14-16 July 2014, Villa Bossi, Bodio Lomnago (VA), Italy