Armoniosa - Platti: Six Trio Sonatas (2016)

Following on from their debut recording of Vivaldis La Stravaganza, Italian ensemble, Armoniosa present here a new recording of Giovanni Benedetto Platti's Trio Sonatas. However, although the title may read 'Trio Sonata', a spectacular surprise soon unfolds: contrary to all convention, Platti scored the part of the second solo instrument in his sonatas for the cello instead of a second violin thereby providing for an extraordinary and fresh listening experience. The high-resolution recording on this SACD enables the listener to grasp all the tonal details; the music seems to be within hands reach, especially in the recommended three-dimensional reproduction of the 2+2+2 recording. The man who commissioned these works, Count Schönborn-Wiesentheid, the brother of two Würzburg archbishops, was a cellist in his own right and surely would have enjoyed this disc.