Hidemi Suzuki, Makoto Akatsu, Orchestra 'Van Wassenaer' - Leonardo Leo: Six Cello Concertos (2000)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: July 28, 2023

It won't do to claim the cello concertos of Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) as unknown masterpieces. But if you enjoy hearing a composer struggle with musical materials in an era of transition (might be relevant to today's scene, eh?), you'll find these interesting. Leo was posthumously praised by both Charles Burney and E.T.A. Hoffmann, but today he is known vaguely, if at all, as one of the forerunners of Classical-era opera. These six concertos were written in 1737 and 1738 for Leo's patron Domenico Marzio Caraffa, the Duke of Maddaloni, and they were cutting-edge stuff at the time – partly, at least. Sometimes this music sounds 30 years older than it is, sometimes 30 years ahead of its time. Leo sticks (except in the five-movement Concerto No. 2, which includes a fugue) to the four-movement sonata da chiesa pattern of the early eighteenth century, and his way of thinking is remarkably contrapuntal for someone whose reputation has been as a melodist. The fast-tempo second movements of several of the concertos, though, rank near the beginning of the chronology of music recognizably displaying what would become known as sonata form. If you heard an unannotated performance of the second movement of the Concerto No. 3, with its varied harmonic rhythms, you might almost take it for early Haydn. You can also hear Leo working out the idea of contrasting themes, and trying to match it up with the concerto's solo-and-tutti contrast.
– James Manheim

Performer:
Hidemi Suzuki, baroque cello, cello piccolo
Orchestra 'Van Wassenaer'
Makoto Akatsu, violin, director

Tracklist:
Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
Six Cello Concertos
Concerto No.4 in A major
01. I. Andante piacevole
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Larghetto e gustoso
04. IV. Allegro
Concerto No.5 in F minor
05. I. Andante grazioso
06. II. Allegro
07. III. Segue il cantabile - Largo e gustoso
08. IV. Allegro
Concerto No.1 in A major
09. I. Andantino grazioso
10. II. Allegro
11. III. Larghetto a mezza voce
12. IV. Allegro
Concerto No.3 in D minor
13. I. Andante grazioso
14. II. [Con spirito]
15. III. Amoroso - mezza voce
16. IV. Allegro
Concerto No.2 in D major
17. I. Andante grazioso
18. II. Con Bravura
19. III. Larghetto, con poco moto - mezza voce
20. IV. Fuga. Per il portamento dell´imitazione del 2 pensiere, o soggetto mi con fervito della risposta d´imitazione
21. V. [Allegro di molto]
Sinfonia concertata (Concerto No.6) in C minor
22. I. Andante grazioso
23. II. Presto
24. III. Larghetto
25. IV. Allegro

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Hidemi Suzuki, Orchestra 'Van Wassenaer', Makoto Akatsu / Leonardo Leo - Six Cello Concertos

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