The sonatas published in 1732 in Amsterdam, London and Paris under Benedetto Marcellos name are to the present day firmly established in the cello repertoire. Although Marcellos authorship is not undisputed – by this time, the composer had already specialised in sacred works the musical beauty of the sonatas is all the more captivating.

This four-movement F major Sonata offers all cellists well-versed in the first four positions a good introduction to the classical literature and to reading ...