BALDASSARE GALUPPI : Keyboard Sonatas • 2 (Matteo Napoli) (2011) FLAC (image+.cue) lossless

Venetian composer Baldassare Galuppi’s reputation rests principally on his pioneering series of comic operas. But, trained by Antonio Lotti, Galuppi was also a keyboard player of distinction who served at the court of Catherine the Great in St Petersburg. Twelve keyboard sonatas were published during his lifetime, but Hedda Illy’s catalogue lists over 100 and reveals that Galuppi not only inherited the brilliance and panache of Domenico Scarlatti but anticipated the expressive writing of Mozart. The first volume in Matteo Napoli’s series (8.572263) was commended as “a good choice for connoisseurs of 18th century keyboard music.” (MusicWeb International) naxos
Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
1-3. Keyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Illy 14     (11:03)
4-5. Sonata In D Minor, Illy 2     (5:13)
6-8. Piano Sonata in C Minor, Illy 34     (7:56)
9-11. Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Illy 27     (12:54)
12-14. Keyboard Sonata In E-Flat Major, Illy 24 (11:51)
15-16. Keyboard Sonata In D Minor, Illy 56 (7:24)
17-19. Keyboard Sonata In D Major, Illy 1     (11:26)
Credits :
Piano – Matteo Napoli
Cover photo: Burano, Venetian Lagoon