ANTONIO SOLER : Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 12 (Gilbert Rowland) (2006) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The Catalan composer Antonio Soler spent much of his life as a monk at the 16th-century Spanish monastery of El Escorial. In addition to his monastic duties he was expected to train the choir, provide choral music for services and supply the Royal family with secular and instrumental music during their frequent visits. Although much of his day was taken up with prayer and the routine of the community, he found time to compose 150 varied and colourful keyboard sonatas, mostly written for the harpsichord. The present volume includes two sonatas in three movements and one in two movements, while the other sonatas are in single-movement form, structurally similar to the single-movement sonatas of Domenico Scalatti, Soler’s possible teacher. naxos
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Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783)

1    Sonata In C Major (Without Rubio Number)    
2    Sonata No. 130 In G Minor    
3    Sonata No. 121 In C Major    
4-6    Sonata No. 63 In F Major    
7-9    Sonata No. 67 In D Major    
10    Sonata No. 125 In C Minor    
11    Sonata No. 44 In C Major    
12    Sonata No. 107 In F Major    
13-14    Sonata No. 79 In F Sharp Major    

Harpsichord – Gilbert Rowland