Bach, Vivaldi, Tartini: Cello Concertos

1. VIvaldi: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor RV 406
2. VIvaldi: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor RV 406
3. VIvaldi: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor RV 406
4. Tartini: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings, 2 Horns and Basso continuo in D major
5. Tartini: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings, 2 Horns and Basso continuo in D major
6. Tartini: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings, 2 Horns and Basso continuo in D major
7. Tartini: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings, 2 Horns and Basso continuo in D major    
8. C. P. E. Bach: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso continuo in B flat major Wq 171
9. C. P. E. Bach: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso continuo in B flat major Wq 171
10. C. P. E. Bach: Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Basso continuo in B flat major Wq 171

While J.S. Bach’s Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here with two concertos in D major by Italian composers of the elder Bach’s generation, Antonio Vivaldi and Giuseppe Tartini.