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Soler: 6 Concertos for 2 Harpsichords / Alvarez, Fernandez-Villacanas
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Soler: 6 Concertos for 2 Harpsichords / Alvarez, Fernandez-Villacanas

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Details

Composer
SOLER, ANTONIO
Artist
Alvarez, Fernandez-Villacanas
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 28, 2016
Catalog #
BRI95327
UPC
5028421953274

About

Antonio Soler was a scholar, musicologist (he wrote about the history of Spanish music), composer and virtuoso keyboard player. He was in the service of the Spanish Royal family, and personal tutor of the Infante Gabriel de Borbon. Soler wrote a great quantity of solo keyboard sonatas for the use at the Royal court. They are one movement works, much in the style of the sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (whom he knew personally). The sonatas abound in instrumental virtuosity, daring harmonies and attractive melodies in pre-classical style. Soler wrote the 6 Concertos for 2 Harpsichords for his royal pupil. Judging by the brilliance and vitality of these popular works the composer and his pupil must have hugely enjoyed themselves playing them. These important works are performed here by the harpsichord duo L’entretien dex clavecins, formed by Agustin Alvarez and Eusebio Fernandez-Villacanas, playing magnificent copies, build by Andrea Restelli, of a Taskin and Donzelague harpsichord.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andante 04:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  2. 2 II. Minue 03:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Minue
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  3. 3 I. Andante 04:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  4. 4 II. Allegro 02:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  5. 5 III. Tempo de Minue 05:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Tempo de Minue
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  6. 6 I. Andantino 04:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Andantino
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  7. 7 II. Minue 04:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Minue
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  8. 8 I. Afectuoso - Andante non Largo 03:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Afectuoso - Andante non Largo
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  9. 9 II. Minue 04:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Minue
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  10. 10 I. Cantabile 03:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Cantabile
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  11. 11 II. Minue 05:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Minue
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  12. 12 I. Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Andante 04:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Andante
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas
  13. 13 II. Minue 05:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Minue
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Antonio Soler
    Performer
    Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas