Asioli: Cello Sonata, ... - Francesco Galligioni - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Asioli Cello Sonata & Piano Sonatas is an album by Francesco / Jolanda Violante Calligioni, released in 2021. The album is a classical CD.

Born in Correggio, Italy Bonifazio Asioli (1769-1832) was a child prodigy, having commenced to study music when five years of age and composing several masses and a piano concerto by the age of eight. By the time he was eighteen, he had composed five masses, twenty-four other works for church and theatre, and many instrumental pieces. He was the first director of the Milan Conservatory (1807-1814), a position conferred on him by Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy with Milan as its capital.

As companion to the cello sonata this disc contains two piano sonatas, published in 1790 in London, written in the classical style and brilliant instrumental fashion. Excellent performances by Francesco Galligioni, cello and Jolanda Violante, fortepiano.

Label: Brilliant Classics | Origin: Holland