Bernard Chasan wrote: >Recently I heard a cello concerto on the radio (wgbh) by a Baroque >Neopolitan composer named Leo [...] Does anyone know something >about this Leo fellow? Mimi and Richard have given some biographical background on Leo. I have some info on recordings. The CD that Bernard heard was on the Canadian label Atma, and is really a 1997 re-issue of a Collegium release from 1986. The recordings were made in Toronto in October 1984 and March 1985. The disc contains five cello concertos and a sinfonia concertante for cello and strings. All works are circa late 1730s or early 1740s. As you can see, the disc is very well-filled. 2 Cello Concertos in A Major Cello Concerto in D Major Cello Concerto in D minor Cello Concerto in F minor Sinfonia Concertata for Cello & Strings in C minor Anner Bylsma, Cello Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon Atma ACD22126 DDD 1997 79:31 For those who are not sated with nearly 80 minutes of gorgeous Italian Baroque cello concertos, there are at least three other recordings I have with works by the Lionman. Flute Concertos #1 & 2 in G Major Massimo Mercelli, Flute Benedetto Marcello Chamber Orchestra of Teramo/Elisabetta Maschio Bongiovanni GB5541-2 DDD 1994 60:10 Concerto for Strings in D Major Musica Antiqua Koln/Reinhard Goebel Archiv 435393-2 DDD 1991 65:38 Harpsichord Concerto in D minor Gerald Hambitzer, Harpsichord Concerto Koln Capriccio 10378 DDD 1993 64:39 I see that there are at least two other recordings of one or more of the cello concertos, one of which includes the concerto for 4 violins (Arts, currently OOP) and another has Julius Berger playing all six concertos with the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra (EBS), as well as some organ music and vocal works on three or four additional discs. The "must have" disc is definitely the Bylsma recording. Dave [log in to unmask] http://www.classical.net/