Chamber Works: Ensemble Cordia

Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763) : Chamber Music

Sonata a oboe, violoncello e basso in G Minor
Sonata a violoncello solo e basso continuo in D Minor
Trio con oboe e faghotto obligato (e basso continuo) in C Minor
Sonata a violoncello solo e basso continuo in G Minor
Sonata a oboe solo e basso continuo in C Minor
Sonata a tre cioe violino overo oboe, violoncello e basso continuo in G Major

Ensemble Cordia
Recorded 11/2005

CD premieres of chamber music by Giovanni Benedetto Platti.
Platti was born in Venice and received a thorough education there. He moved however north (as many of his compatriots did) and settled at the court of Wurzburg, where he was highly regarded as an oboist and composer.
The oboe sonatas on this disc are delightful and brilliantly written for the instrument (Platti must have been a real virtuoso..)
Played by one of the best oboists of the present time: Alfredo Bernardini, on period instrument (his recording of the Vivaldi Oboe Concertos on Naive got rave reviews). ( Brilliant Classics )