Platti - Cello Concerto in E minor, WD 648 (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.

This is the first edition of the E-minor Cello Concerto, WD 648. The original manuscript parts for this work are housed in a private collection. The solo cello part goes up to a C5 once but generally stays in the first four positions. There is no viola part in this piece. The second movement is in C minor! The tonal language of the concerto is similar to that of early CPE Bach.

This set contains the score and all performance parts.

We would like to thank the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections for providing a copy of the manuscript parts.

ASTA level: 3