Platti - Cello Concerto in G minor, WD 663 (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. The solo part only goes up to the fourth position (middle harmonic A), although it is occasionally notated in tenor clef. There is no viola part in this piece. The first movement is a 4-voice fugue. The soloist has important lines to play in the tutti sections of the fugue.

This set contains the score and all performance parts.

ASTA level: 2.5–3