Eligio Celestino (1739-1812) - Sonata (F Major) for the violin from
'Six solos for the violin and
a bass for the harpsichord or violoncello ... op. 2' (1774)
Performers: Daniel Pinteño (violin); Concerto 1700
Further info: Italy in Spain: Violin Sonatas
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Italian violinist and composer. Nothing is known from his youth. Charles
Burney heard him in Rome in 1770, and considered him the best Roman
violinist of the period. In 1776 he began to travel, and settled in 1781
at Ludwigslust where he became leader of the court orchestra of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and his English wife, Sarah Stanton (1749-1798),
became a singer at that court. Because of the ill-health of the
Kapellmeister Antonio Rosetti, he had occasionally conducted the
orchestra by late 1791. After Rosetti's death in 1792 he took complete
charge, until in 1803, also for reasons of health, he was replaced by
the assistant Louis Massonneau. He remained active as leader of the
orchestra until his death. When sixty years of age, he came to England
where he was hailed in London as the greatest violinist of his time. As a
composer, he published several sets of sonatas, solos and duets as well
as arias, overtures and symphonies.
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