Vito Paternoster's cello is like an expressive universe which doesn't need any accompaniment. It is a great challenge to pull this off.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita in D minor - this piece represents the transcription for cello of the renowned Partita in A minor for flute solo (BMV 1013) which Bach composed at the time when he worked at Koetchen Court, and is undoubtedly one of the best period of his life. This is coincident with the Suites for solo cello and with the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin which represent the highest example of "stile concitato".

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Sonata in F major for solo cello: this is the transcription for cello of the Sonata for flute and harpsichord in C major, a virtuosic flute masterpiece, for the first time performed by cello .

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Sonata in D minor for solo cello: this transcription of the Sonata in A minor for solo flute represents one of the best examples of unaccompanied sonatas.

Heinrich Franz Ignaz Biber, Passacaglia in C minor for solo cello: this is the last of a series of sonatas Biber composed for solo violin (here transcribed for cello), each of them corresponds to one of the Mysteries of the Rosary. The Passacaglia had its origins in a Spanish dance (from the Spanish pasar, to walk, and calle, street; which means to go beyond the limits) and it consists of a series of continuous variations over a bass, with a strong hypnotic power.

Vito Paternoster, La Monica: this is a medieval-inspired passacaglia as well, with a set of continuous variations, increasingly arduous and polyphonic.

Vito Paternoster, The Spiritual Combat: inspired by the 17th-century homonymous Lorenzo Scupoli's bestseller (it was diffused more than the Bible and became soon a model of living and spiritual education during the Counter-Reformation), this suite starts maintaining a single note (D, that's RE in Italian, a polysemic word meaning also King) representing the Oneness around which a series of themes revolves, both rhythmically and melodically, in order to represent the fickle World.

1. Allemande Partita for violoncello solo in re min BWV1013 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
2. Courante Partita for violoncello solo in re min BWV1013 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
3. Sarabande Partita for violoncello solo in re min BWV1013 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
4. Bourree I and II Partita for violoncello solo in re min BWV1013 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
5. Andante Sonata for cello solo in fa magg BWV1033 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
6. Allegro Sonata for cello solo in fa magg BWV1033 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
7. Adagio Sonata for cello solo in fa magg BWV1033 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
8. Minuetto I and II Sonata for cello solo in fa magg BWV1033 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
9. Allegro Sonata in re min for cello solo (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
10. Poco Adagio Sonata in re min for cello solo (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
11. Allegro Vivo Sonata in re min for cello solo (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
12. Passacaglia in do min for cello solo (Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Bibern)
13. La Monica passacaglia for cello solo (Vito Paternoster)
14. Il combattimento spirituale for cello solo (Vito Paternoster)

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 4/14/2012
Vito Paternoster lives in Bari Italy

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Instrumental, Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Cello, Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Bibern, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

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2. Dowland on 8 String Guitar by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
3. Musica da Camera by Streicher Trio: classical chamber music on period instruments
4. Debut by AlmaNova: lively flute/guitar duo
5. Canarios I by Poeticall Musicke: Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music, historically performed
6. Two Romantic Piano Trios by Women Composers by Streicher Trio: classical chamber music on period instruments
7. Triemer Six Cello Sonatas by Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
8. After Hours by AlmaNova: lively flute/guitar duo
9. Mozart 4 Quartets for Strings and Winds by American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
10. Canarios II by Poeticall Musicke: Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music, historically performed
11. Telemann Trios on Guitar by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
12. Daydream by Robin Stine: jazzy, bluesy numbers that immediately sound like comfortable standards
13. Conversations Galantes by Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
14. Stolen Jewels by Ensemble Vermillian: Richly textured 17th and 18th century cello and recorder
15. Romantic Piano - R and R by Alan Marchand: Toe Teasin' Jazz Tunes For All Occasions
16. Old School Old Time by Fiddle Whamdiddle: foot-stomping, heart-pumping, head-bobbing music that snags audiences and reels them in!
17. JS Bach on Solo Ukulele by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
18. Lautenschmaus by Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
19. Play Loud by Lilly Wolf: Catchy dance pop with insightful lyrics
20. JS Bach on Solo Ukulele Volume 2 by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar

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