Composer: Santo Lapis
Performer: Luigi Accardo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: AD107
Release: 2017
Size: 1.36 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonnates pour le clavessin
01. Sonata No. 1 (A piacere – Allegro)
02. Sonata No. 2 (Vivace – Tempo di menuet)
03. Sonata No. 3 (Spiritoso)
04. Sonata No. 4 (Vivo e distacato)
05. Sonata No. 5 (Menuet affetuoso)
06. Sonata No. 6 (Andante)
07. Sonata No. 7 (Con spirito)
08. Sonata No. 8 (Allegro)
09. Sonata No. 9 (Spiritoso)
10. Sonata No. 10 (Vivo e distacato)
11. Sonata No. 11 (Tempo di menuet)
12. Sonata No. 12 (Allegro)
La Stravaganza per il cembalo
13. Andante
14. Vivo e fugato
15. Menuet variato
In spite of his baptismal name, there was nothing of the saint about this Santo Lapis, whose extended international career brings to mind many “Honourable Scoundrels” in the age of Casanova. During his sojourn in the Netherlands (1741-1757), the Bologna-born composer and operatic impresario published such diverse works as a collection of harpsichord sonatas for a young Russian countess and a challenging Stravaganza for a music-loving Dutch lord who used to withdraw his name…