Carlo Ferrari - Sei Sonate per Violoncello e Basso continuo: Opera I  | Tactus TC710601

Carlo Ferrari - Sei Sonate per Violoncello e Basso continuo: Opera I

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Label: Tactus

Cat No: TC710601

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 4th January 2010

Contents

Artists

Ornella Gattoni (cello)
Laura Bertani (harpsichord)

Works

Ferrari, Carlo

Cello Sonatas (6), op.1

Artists

Ornella Gattoni (cello)
Laura Bertani (harpsichord)

About

Little is known about the life of Carlo Ferrari, an important albeit largely unrecognized composer and cellist, born into a family of musicians. The biographical information available is limited and fragmentary. Nicknamed “Lo Zoppo di Piacenza” (he was evidently lame), he had two brothers who were also musicians: Domenico and Paolo, both violinists (the former was allegedly a student of Tartini as well as being a composer himself). In 1744, Carlo Ferrari moved from his native Piacenza to Parma, where he entered the service of the ducal court on 1 October 1753.

In 1756, his presence is documented in Paris, where he performed on the cello in the “Concert Spirituel”, a testimony to his fame and prestige. The Concert Spirituel, in fact, was created by A.D.Philidor in 1725 and remained active in Paris until 1791, offering musical programs of great importance and hosting the most celebrated directors and instrumentalists of Europe.

By 1765 he was a member of the Ducal Chapel, and on 1 April 1766, Ferrari was appointed first cello of the Chamber Orchestra of the Duke. In January 1785, he was hired as a teacher at the “Regio Collegio dei Nobili” in Parma, a prestigious institution for musical education founded in 1601 at the behest of Ranuccio I Farnese which trained music students from all over Europe.

This “virtuoso” on the violoncello, Carlo Ferrari, was the author of chamber music for strings (sonatas for violin and bass and for violoncello and bass, duets, and sonatas for four instruments), as well as symphonies. His favoured instrument remained, however, the cello.

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