BISCHOFF: Six Sonates for cellos and bass

Six Sonates for cellos and bass (Amsterdam, 1779/82)

Sonata No. 1 in C Major
Sonata No. 2 in D Major
Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major
Sonata No. 4 in C Major
Sonata No. 5 in E Major
Sonata No. 6 in F Major

CLAUDIO RONCO
EMANUELA VOZZA

on period instruments

1 CD

For more than two centuries, relegated by music history textbooks to the figure of a simple luthier and inventor of a mysterious instrument he called the harmonicello, Johann Carl Bischoff today, thanks to this first-ever recording, recovers a more complete and captivating profile as a composer and virtuoso cellist, capable of creating in this unique work of six sonatas an exceptional cameo, rooted in the finest classical tradition but above all capable of anticipating the sublime adventure of German Romantic music.

Lowered for more than two centuries from the textbooks of the history of music to the figure of a simple luthier and inventor of a mysterious instrument called harmonicello, Johann Carl Bischoff recovers today, thanks to this absolute first recording, a more complete and captivating physiognomy of a composer and a virtuoso cellist, capable of creating an exceptional cameo in this unique work of six sonatas, rooted in the best classical tradition, but above all able to anticipate the sublime adventure of German Romantic music.