Platti - Cello Concerto in D minor, WD 655 (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 goes up to the seventh position (C5). The first movement is a fugue on a 4-note motive. The soloist must play in the tutti sections.

This set contains the score and all performance parts.

ASTA level: 3