Piano recital: Marcello, Mattheson, Scarlatti, Soler
NIGEL DEACON: PIANO COLLECTION, 2014
Numbers in brackets denote track numbers; running time about 65 minutes.
B.Marcello: Sonatas: no. 1(1-3), 2(4-7), 3(8-10), 10(11-12; last movement taken from sonata 8).
J.Mattheson: Suite no. 8(13-17)
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas: Longo 360, 361, 364, 367, 370, 371, 372, 378, 382 (18-26)
Antonio Soler: Sonatas: Rubio 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 84 (27-33)
Played and recorded
by Nigel Deacon, July - August 2014.
All of the above music is from the baroque era and was written principally for harpsichord. Marcello was a pupil of Vivaldi; Mattheson was a contemporary of Handel. Scarlatti and Soler worked in the same monastery in Spain.
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