Soler - 13 Sonatas / Boccherini - Fandango
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Label: Nimbus
Cat No: NI5906
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 7th May 2013
Contents
Works
Guitar Quintet no.4 in D major, G448 'Fandango'Keyboard Sonata M38 in G minor
Keyboard Sonata no.19 in C minor
Keyboard Sonata no.21 in C sharp minor
Keyboard Sonata no.24 in D minor
Keyboard Sonata no.39 in D minor
Keyboard Sonata no.43 in G major
Keyboard Sonata no.56 in F major
Keyboard Sonata no.74 in D major
Keyboard Sonata no.86 in D major
Keyboard Sonata no.92 in D major, op.4 no.2
Keyboard Sonata no.110 in D flat major
Keyboard Sonata no.118 in A minor
Artists
Richard Lester (harpsichord)David Ponsford (harpsichord)
Works
Guitar Quintet no.4 in D major, G448 'Fandango'Keyboard Sonata M38 in G minor
Keyboard Sonata no.19 in C minor
Keyboard Sonata no.21 in C sharp minor
Keyboard Sonata no.24 in D minor
Keyboard Sonata no.39 in D minor
Keyboard Sonata no.43 in G major
Keyboard Sonata no.56 in F major
Keyboard Sonata no.74 in D major
Keyboard Sonata no.86 in D major
Keyboard Sonata no.92 in D major, op.4 no.2
Keyboard Sonata no.110 in D flat major
Keyboard Sonata no.118 in A minor
Artists
Richard Lester (harpsichord)David Ponsford (harpsichord)
About
At the age of twenty-three, Soler took Holy Orders, entering the Escorial as a Hieronymite monk in the Order of Saint Jerome where he remained in relative confinement for the rest of his life. His existence at the Escorial is well documented by a colleague who wrote an extremely detailed obituary notice, describing a man who loved his cell and was always there except for duty. Whilst at the Escorial, Soler studied with José de Nebra and Scarlatti.
Soler’s output of around 200 harpsichord sonatas were written for the Infante don Gabriel, whom Soler taught from around 1765. The sonatas on this CD can be pigeonholed into three categories: the dance (sonatas R21, R118, R43 & R92d); those which are slower and more vocal in nature (R4 & R110) with a hint of the melismatic expression found in cante hondo: a pure form of Andalucian folk music; and those which lean towards the new ‘galant’ style (R56 & M27). There are also frequent echoes of the guitar punteado and rasgueado styles, R86 & R43 which are also related to the dance.
Luigi Boccherini was born in Lucca, Italy in 1743 and was renowned as a composer and cellist. In 1761, Boccherini went to live in Madrid where he was appointed music master to the Infante Luis Antonio, and he would certainly have met Soler. This version of Boccherini’s fandango, from the last movement of Quintet No.4 in D major, is Richard Lester’s own arrangement for two harpsichords.
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