Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Sonate pour violoncelle et basse continue n° 2 en ré majeur
Sonate pour violoncelle et basse continue n° 4 en ré mineur
Sonate pour violoncelle et basse continue n° 14 en la mineur

Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750)
Sonate pour violoncelle et basse continue n° 3 en la mineur

Wenceslaus Joseph Spourni (1700-1754)
Sonate pour violoncelle et basse continue n° 5 en fa majeur

Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747)
Sonate pour violoncelle et basse continue n° 1 en la mineur

Duo Fondo Barocco

Marie Orsini-Rosenberg, violoncelle
Herwig Neugebauer, violon en sol

When one thinks of Baroque sonatas for violoncello and basso continuo, the commonly known repertoire ends with Antonio Vivaldi and Benedetto Marcello. Beyond these well-trodden paths are works by composers such as Antonio Caldara, Giuseppe Sammartini and Giovanni Bononcini, as well as the little-known Wenceslaus Spourni, who was born Václav Spurný in Bohemia around 1700 and achieved some fame as a cellist and composer in his adopted home of Paris. The Duo Fondo Barocco, consisting of cellist Marie Orsini-Rosenberg and bassist Herwig Neugebauer, is to be thanked for having taken on these Baroque jewels and, with their lively interpretations, for having presented an album of worthwhile rediscoveries.