Catalogue

Summary:

Cello virtuosity reigns on Capriccioso, the new album by Grammy-nomiated Antonio Meneses, one of today’s most esteemed cellists. He harkens back to his predecessors – a quartet of European cellists who composed dazzling works for their own instrument. At the heart of the album are 12 Caprices by 19^th century Italian cellist Carlo Alfredo Piatti, as well as his Capriccio sopra un tema della Niobe Di Pacini (Caprice on a Theme from Pacini’s “Niobe”. Antonio adds the Bohemian-born David Popper’s Etude No. 29, and bookeneds the album with etudes by the French brothers Jean-Louis and Jean-Pierre Duport.

Tracklist:

1. Jean-Louis Duport (1749 – 1819) Etude No. 7, Allegro (2.04)

Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822 – 1901) 12 Caprices, Op. 24 (46.44)
2. No.1, Allegro quasi presto (1.51)
3. No.2, Andante religioso (6.39)
4. No.3, Moderato (2.59)
5. No.4, Allegretto (5.10)
6. No.5, Allegro comodo (3.37)
7. No.6, Adagio largamente (4.35)
8. No.7, Maestoso (4.17)
9. No.8, Moderato ma energico (3.25)
10. No.9, Allegro (1.58)
11. No.10, Allegro deciso (3.54)
12. No.11, Adagio – Allegro (3.41)
13. No.12, Allegretto capriccioso (4.38)

14. David Popper (1843 – 1914) Etude No. 29 (2.56)

15. Piatti Capriccio sopra un tema della Niobe Di Pacini Op.22 (11.05)

16. Jean-Pierre Duport (1741 – 1818) Etude No. 8, Adagio cantabile (5.25)

Total time: 68.46