The Cello in Spain - New CD already available
“The history of the cello in the Spain of the eighteenth century is still waiting to be written and, for the time being, consists only of a history of individual personalities, pieces dispersed here and there, and unconfirmed hypotheses.”
José Carlos Gosálvez, Biblioteca Nacional de España [from the booklet notes]
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Josetxu Obregón and La Ritirata are bringing us up close to the instrument’s role during that time with their new Glossa CD, The Cello in Spain, already available worldwide.
Recently embarked in a concert tour presenting this program, they started visiting the 3 key cities in Luigi Boccherini’s life (as one of the main characters on this CD): Madrid, Boadilla del Monte and Arenas de San Pedro. After visiting places as Tokyo (Japan) and Melk (Austria), they will perform in Lucca, the birthplace of the composer, on the 28th of May, the day of the 210th anniversary, coming back to Spain for more concerts right after.
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The selection made by Josetxu Obregón provides a sample of pieces which undoubtedly would have been heard in Spain during the infancy of the instrument there and in the period leading into the Age of the Enlightenment – matched by scholar José Carlos Gosálvez in his accompanying booklet –with music from Luigi Boccherini, Domingo Porretti, Pablo Vidal and José Zayas among others; many of these pieces here are being recorded for the first time, as well as a captivating sonata from Jean-Pierre Duport (dedicated to the Duke of Alba after the French cellist’s visit to Madrid), we are also treated to a new reading of Boccherini’s Fandango.
[More info & international shopping links in www.TheCelloInSpain.com]
La Ritirata
Josetxu Obregón, cello & artistic direction
Daniel Oyarzabal, harpsichord & organ
Diana Vinagre, cello
Enrike Solinís, Baroque guitar & archlute
Daniel Zapico, theorbo
Sara Águeda, harp
Lina Tur Bonet & Miren Zeberio, violins
Daniel Lorenzo, viola & violin
Michel Frechina, double bass
David Chupete, castanets
www.TheCelloInSpain.com
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