GALUPPI: SONATAS FOR HARPSICHORD

BALDASSARE GALUPPI (1706- 1785): SONATAS FOR HARPSICHORD ( LDV 14093)

• Sonata in C Major RA1.01.07*
• Sonata in G minor RA1.12.03
• Sonata in A Major RA1.14.10
• Sonata in B-flat Major RA1.16.15
• Sonata in G minor RA1.12.08
• Sonata in C Major RA1.01.25
• Sonata in D Major RA1.03.14
• Sonata in E Major RA1.06.07
• Sonata in D Major RA 1.03.02

World premiere recording

1 CD – Total timing: 78'25

ALVISE DE PIERO, harpsichord

172 pieces, 400 movements, three or more decades of composition: these are the factors that contribute to the corpus of keyboard sonatas by Baldassare Galuppi, known as "il Buranello." The indeterminacy of a specific instrument and the cultural influence of various European countries give his music a heterogeneous character, both formally and stylistically, reflecting the circulation of ideas common to the finest composers of the time. The sonatas presented here are from various sources and provide a sampling of the diverse compositional approaches of Il Buranello.