Credits:

Alessandro Palmeri(Violone),Il Giardino Armonico,KAKETA TAKASHI

Description:

Rediscover the lost sound of Corelli's Violone. Alessandro Palmeri, the Italian baroque cello master whom Enrico Onofri, the genius of the baroque violin, trusts the most, calls "the Violone of Corelli's orchestra". The Violone is not an instrument commonly referred to as a double bass in ancient music, but a large cello made by Simone Cimapane, a master string player who also played violone in Arcangelo Corelli's orchestra. In this album, Palmeri, whose favorite instrument is the original "Cimapane," a 1685 Italian national treasure, demonstrates "the secrets of violone" in a tasteful and eloquent manner. The album features Il Giardino armonico and Riccardo Doni, principal continuo bassist of the Imaginarium Ensemble, on harpsichord and organ, and the Violoncello duet by Parmeli on violoncello. The Japanese baroque cellist Takatsugu Kakeda joins the ensemble for the violoncello duet.