Vito Paternoster is an Italian

cellist The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

, recording for Musicaimmagine. He has served as principal cellist for I Musici (

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). Paternoster is the first cellist to record the complete

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Cello (orig. violin), after locating an anonymous transcription, from Bach's time, next to Bach's own manuscript of the violin masterpieces. Paternoster also recorded a CD called ''Inzaffirio'', a distillation of the preludes from Bach's Cello Suites - following each prelude is an arrangement for

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

, solo cello, and string

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

accompaniment. Paternoster teaches at the Bari Conservatory (Italy).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paternoster, Vito Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Italian classical cellists