Composer: Antonio Soler
Performer: Soo-Jung Ann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573863
Release: 2018
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Keyboard Sonata No. 75 in F major
02. Keyboard Sonata No. 76 in F major
03. Keyboard Sonata No. 77 in F sharp minor
04. Keyboard Sonata No. 78 in F sharp minor
Keyboard Sonata No. 79 in F sharp major
05. I. Cantabile
06. II. Allegro
07. Keyboard Sonata No. 80 in G minor
08. Keyboard Sonata No. 81 in G minor
09. Keyboard Sonata No. 82 in G major
10. Keyboard Sonata No. 83 in F major
11. Keyboard Sonata No. 84 in D major
12. Keyboard Sonata No. 85 in F sharp minor
13. Keyboard Sonata No. 86 in D major
For the last 25 years of his life Antonio Soler occupied the distinguished positions of maestro di capilla and organist at the Escorial palace. He wrote around 150 keyboard sonatas, which remain his best known achievement, a body of music that reveals the subtle influence of Domenico Scarlatti on the Catalan composer, as well as prevailing Viennese trends. Volume eight of the complete sonatas shows Soler’s cultivation of expressive melancholy in No. 77 in F sharp minor, a virtuosic use of the full range of the keyboard in No. 85 in F sharp minor and characteristically vibrant Spanish motifs is No. 86 in D major.