Platti - Cello Concerto in C minor, WD 669 (Urtext Edition)

Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763) was an Italian Baroque composer and oboist. In 1722, he was called to Würzburg to work for the prince-bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg, Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn. There he married Theresia Langprückner, a soprano singer with whom he had at least two children. Platti spent the rest of his life in Würzburg, working as a singer, instrument virtuoso, composer, and conductor.

The original score for this work is housed in a private collection. This work is one of the longer cello concertos by Platti. The solo part is almost fully integrated into the ensemble texture, making it more like a "symphony-concerto" as opposed to a solo concerto. The solemn, imitative nature of the opening movement is reminiscent of the sacred works of the time. The solo cello part goes up to the seventh position.

This set contains the score and all performance parts.

ASTA level: 3