Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas Volume 2

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Release Date: 22nd Mar 2010
Catalogue No: 93978
Label: Brilliant Classics
Series: Antonio Soler Complete Keyboard Sonatas
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 69 in F major

Work length3:19

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 69 in F Major

Track length3:19

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 70 in A minor

Work length5:34

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 70 in A Minor

Track length5:34

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 71 in A minor

Work length6:16

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 71 in A Minor

Track length6:16

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 72 in F Minor, "Dorian"

Work length6:06

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 72 in F Minor

Track length6:06

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 73 in D major

Work length7:20

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 73 in D Major

Track length7:20

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 74 in D major

Work length9:20

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 74 in D Major

Track length9:20

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 75 in F major

Work length8:14

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 75 in F Major

Track length8:14

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 76 in F major

Work length5:48

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 76 in F Major

Track length5:48

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 77 in F sharp minor

Work length9:38

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 77 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length9:38

$2.00

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 78 in F sharp minor

Work length6:03

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 78 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length6:03

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 79 in F sharp major

Work length10:40

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 79 in F-Sharp Major

Track length10:40

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Soler, A: Harpsichord Sonata No. 60a in C Minor

Work length9:08

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Soler, A: Harpsichord Sonata No. 60b in C Minor

Work length6:11

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major (M. 25)

Work length8:21

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata in B-Flat Major

Track length8:21

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Marvin 29

Work length5:18

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata in D Minor, Marvin 29

Track length5:18

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 128 in E minor

Work length7:37

$2.00

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata No. 128 in E Minor

Track length7:37

$2.00

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor (M. 38)

Work length3:45

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata in G Minor

Track length3:45

$1.00

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major (M. 44)

Work length9:47

$2.00

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Pieter-Jan Belder

Harpsichord Sonata in E-Flat Major

Track length9:47

$2.00

$2.60

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Antonio Francisco Xavier Joseph Soler was born in 1729 in the Spanish province of Tarragona, the son of an army musician. His earliest musical instruction came from his father, who took him to the Abbey of Montserrat, where he was encouraged to join the choir at the age of six. Here, he became highly proficient on the organ, and studied composition. It may have been this early exposure to religious life that made the young Soler to decide to spend the rest of his life in the church. He accepted various musical posts in the church, including organist at El Escorial. He became a novice there in 1752, deacon, priest and chapel master – the latter position after 1757. He was requested by King Carlos III to teach his two sons Gabriel and Antonio. Antonio was the more musical of the princes, and for him Soler composed his 6 concertos for two organs.

Soler came into contact with Domenico Scarlatti who was employed by the Royal Family, and whose music was exclusive to the court and banned from performance outside of the palace. Soler’s 150 keyboard works (written for Prince Gabriel) are dazzling affairs, and test the harpsichords and fortepianos of the time to their limits. Although the influence of Scarlatti can be detected, these are truly Spanish works, and exude Iberian colour and rhythms.

Eighteen sonatas by one of the most enigmatic but important keyboard composers of the 18th Century.

Antonio Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas Volume 2

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