Antonio Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Volume 4

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Release Date: 18th Apr 2011
Catalogue No: 94107
Label: Brilliant Classics
Series: Antonio Soler Complete Keyboard Sonatas
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 91 in C major (Op. 4 No. 1)

Work length17:07

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Andante con moto

Track length5:28

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II. Allegro di molto

Track length3:27

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III. Minuetto I (Andante maestoso) - Minuetto II [Allegro]

Track length4:33

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IV. Allegro pastoril

Track length3:39

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 92 in D major (Op. 4 No. 2)

Work length21:01

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Andante con moto

Track length5:00

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II. Presto assai

Track length4:37

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III. Minuetto I (Andante largo) - Minuetto II [Allegro]

Track length6:19

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IV. Allegro pastoril

Track length5:05

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 93 in F major (Op. 4 No. 3)

Work length22:33

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Andante amabile espressivo

Track length5:27

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II. Allegro ma non presto

Track length3:59

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III. Minuetto I (Maestoso) - Minuetto II [Allegro]

Track length8:15

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length4:52

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 94 in G major, Op. 4 No 4

Work length15:00

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Andantino gracioso e con moto

Track length2:51

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II. Allegro non troppo

Track length3:37

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III. Minuets I and II

Track length5:31

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IV. Allegro

Track length3:01

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 95 in A major (Op. 4 No. 5)

Work length16:32

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Andante grazioso con moto

Track length4:07

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II. Allegro espressivo non presto

Track length3:39

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III. Minuetto I (Maestoso) - Minuetto II [Allegro]

Track length4:48

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IV. Allegro pastoril

Track length3:58

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 96 in E flat major (Op. 4 No. 6)

Work length15:14

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Andante gracioso

Track length3:24

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II. Allegro cantabile

Track length4:07

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III. Minuetto I: Suo tempo - Minuetto II: Allegro

Track length3:35

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IV. Pastoral: Allegro non molto

Track length4:08

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 97 in A major (Op. 8 No. 1)

Work length10:53

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Allegretto

Track length2:28

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II. Minuettos I and II

Track length2:20

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III. Rondo. Andantino con moto

Track length2:36

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IV. Allegro

Track length3:29

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 98 in B flat major (Op. 8 No. 2)

Work length14:36

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Allegretto

Track length5:41

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II. Minuets I and II

Track length3:08

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III. Rondo (Andantino)

Track length3:14

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IV. Allegro

Track length2:33

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Soler, A: Keyboard Sonata No. 99 in C major (Op. 8 No. 3)

Work length12:55

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Pieter-Jan Belder

I. Andantino

Track length4:13

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II. Minuets I and II

Track length2:22

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III. Rondo pastoril (Allegretto)

Track length3:40

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IV. Allegro

Track length2:40

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New installment in a successful and unique series, the complete Keyboard Sonatas of Antonio Soler, the Spanish counterpart of Domenico Scarlatti.

Pieter-Jan Belder established himself as one of the foremost, versatile and prolific harpsichordists of The Netherlands.

Antonio Soler was born in 1729, and received his early musical instruction from his father, a military musician in the Spanish Army. At the age of 6 he entered the Abbey of Montserrat and became a choirboy in the famous escolania. He also learned how to master the harpsichord and organ, and met Domenico Scarlatti and the singer Farinelli who were both employed by the Royal Family at the court at El Escorial. Soler taught the sons of Carlos III, and it was for the princes that he composed some of his most dazzling sonatas. Some of these works exceeded the range of many of the instruments in use at the time, and it is worth noting that Soler was in addition to being a composer, an instrument builder of some talent, and the instruments he developed could accommodate the demands his music required.

The sonatas on these CDs show Soler had moved away from the single movement sonatas of Scarlatti, and had adopted (like Haydn and Boccherini at the time) the four-movement form which became the norm for the classical sonata right up to and including the early sonatas of Beethoven. By the time Soler composed these sonatas in the 1760s, the new forte-piano had begun to make serious inroads and displace the harpsichord. This recording uses a forte-piano that enables the Alberti bass to be used to maximum effect - something a harpsichord cannot achieve.

Antonio Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Volume 4

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