Domenico Gabrielli Domenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 or 19 October 1659 – 10 July 1690) was an Italian Baroque composer and one of the earliest known virtuoso cello players, as well as a pioneer of cello music writing. Born in Bologna, he worked in the orchestra of ...

wrote seven ricercari for solo

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

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, some of the earliest pieces of music composed for cello in history. Some of the ricercars of the set are included in the RCM cello repertoire, and the set has been completely or partially recorded by cellists such as

Josetxu Obregón Josetxu Obregón is a Spanish cellist, specializing in early music performance. Biography After developing a career as a modern cellist, having been appointed teacher of Madrid Royal Conservatory and cellist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra i ...

Anner Bylsma Anner Bylsma (born Anne Bijlsma, 17 February 1934 – 25 July 2019) was a Dutch cellist who played on both modern and period instruments in a historically informed style. He took an interest in music from an early age. He studied with Carel van ...

and

Lisa Beznosiuk Lisa Beznosiuk (born 20 August 1956 in Sheffield) is an English flautist of Ukrainian and Irish descent, specializing in period performance of baroque and classical music on historical flutes. Biography and career Lisa Beznosiuk trained at th ...

's husband Richard Tunnicliffe.

Recordings

* Celloevolution: From Bologna to Cöthen - Josetxu Obregón, 2022 * Anner Bylsma plays Cello Suites and Sonatas - Anner Bylsma, 1974 * Ricercars for solo cello - recordings (i) Roel Dieltens (ii) Hidemi Suzuki 2005 (iii) Richard Tunnicliffe 2007 (iv) Bruno Cocset, 2012

References

{{reflist Solo cello pieces Baroque music Italian music