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

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
October 28, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SOLER, ANTONIO
    • PERFORMER
      Alvarez, Fernandez-Villacanas
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 28, 2016
    • UPC
      5028421953274
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95327
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    2. II. Minue

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    3. I. Andante

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    4. II. Allegro

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    5. III. Tempo de Minue

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    6. I. Andantino

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    7. II. Minue

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    8. I. Afectuoso - Andante non Largo

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    9. II. Minue

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    10. I. Cantabile

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    11. II. Minue

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    12. I. Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Andante

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas

    13. II. Minue

      Composer: Antonio Soler

      Performer: Agustín Álvarez, Eusebio Fernández-Villacañas


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.