Vandini, A. (1691-1778) Sonates pour violoncelle et continuo. Bologna Baroque.
Six sonates pour violoncelle et continuo.
Antonio Mostacci, violoncelle piccolo à 5 cordes G.F Leonporri, 1750.
Antonio Manzo, violoncelle. Paolo Poti, clavecin.
Enregistré à Oratorio del santissimo crocifisso in Castelluccio, sept. 2016
Tactus. 2018. TC 692202. 56m.31s. Appréciation: Bien***
Largo-Allegro-Menuet de la sonate en Sib majeur
Grave de la sonate en Sib majeur
Dommage que l’instrument ancien sonne aussi faux. Le musicien italien a beau y mettre toute son expertise, rien n’y fait. En dépit de cette expérience malheureuse, force est de reconnaître que la musique d’Antonio Vandini mérite qu’on s’y donne la peine. Plus baroque et authentique que ça, tu meurs…
Pourtant ses adagios sont beaux à faire pleurer, aux grand lyrisme sensible et expressif, beaucoup plus expansifs que ceux de Vivaldi. Ses allegros intenses et débridés utilisent toute l’étendue de l’instrument et donnent à l’artiste de beaux défis techniques. L’éminent musicologue Charles Burney (1726-1814) disait de Vandini « qu’il jouait d’une telle façon, que son instrument semblait parlé ». Grand ami du fabuleux violoniste Tartini, Vandini était autant réputé que lui. Mais il n’est resté qu’une poignée de ses d’oeuvres, dont ces six sonates, peu enregistrées.
Mais on se lasse vite du vieil instrument de 1750 à la sonorité âpre et tranchante. On espère que d’autres musiciens s’y mettront. Tiens pourquoi pas une spécialiste des cinq cordes comme Elinor Frey par exemple? On le souhaite vivement.
Le Parnasse Musical 
12 mars 2019 à 606 03
Dearest,
I really thank you for your review. Still, I wanted to point out that the recorder wasn’t made in Rome oratory, as you said, but in the Oratorio del santissimo crocifisso in Castelluccio: another place, another city. This information was written in the CD, and you could see this mistake just in IDAGIO. I’d be glad to send you the original CD for free if you send me your address, so that you can appreciate the wonderful Leonpordi cello’s tone, Milan school, completely original and just one of the few 5 strings still existing in the world.
This is the fifth review of our CD, the other 4 were amazing (5 stars , superlative) both for the performance and for the quality of the recorder.
CD of the month on musiweb international; Brian Clark in early music review said “well done Bologna Baroque, well done, Tactus”. It’s fair if someone didn’t like the Leonporri’s tone, but the tracks you posted on the blog were really of bad quality, nothing to comprare with the CD. I personally suggest your readers to buy the CD, I garante that the sound it’s wonderful and fascinating and the music is unexpectedly beautiful.
There’s just one publication UT ORPHEUS of those 6 sonatas that was taken care by us. I’d glad, for this reason, if you decide to play this wonderful sonatas or even to let your students study them. You can easily play them also with a 4 strings cello.
I’d be even more glad if Elinor Frey includes them in her program.
Who knows, maybe one day we’ll manage to have a concert together: two 5 strings have an incredible sound, already tested.
Antonio Mostacci
18 mars 2019 à 101 44
I really thank you for your review. Still, I wanted to point out that the recording wasn’t made in Rome oratory, as you said, but in the Oratorio del santissimo crocifisso in Castelluccio: another place, another city. This information was written in the CD, and you could see this mistake just in IDAGIO. I’d be glad to send you the original CD for free if you send me your address, so that you can appreciate the wonderful Leonpordi cello’s tone, Milan school, completely original and just one of the few 5 strings still existing in the world.
This is the fifth review of our CD, the other 4 were amazing ( 5 stars, superlative ) both for the performance and for the quality of the recording.
CD of the month on musiweb international; Brian Clark in early music review said “well done Bologna Baroque, well done, Tactus”. It’s fair if someone didn’t like the Leonporri’s tone, but the tracks you posted on the blog were really of bad quality, nothing to comprare with the CD. I personally suggest your readers to buy the CD, I garante that the sound it’s wonderful and fascinating and the music is unexpectedly beautiful.
There’s just one publication UT ORPHEUS of those 6 sonatas that was taken care by us. I’d glad, for this reason, if you decide to play this wonderful sonatas or even to let your students study them. You can easily play them also with a 4 strings cello.
I’d be even more glad if Elinor Frey includes them in her program.
Who knows, maybe one day we’ll manage to have a concert together: two 5 strings have an incredible sound, already tested.
Antonio Mostacci
21 mars 2019 à 1604 32
Hello. I have already the CD. Thank you. I will made the correction appropriate on my review. Ciao!