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Agrell / Paradiso- The 12 Keyboard Sonatas

SKU: 7318599921358
₩33,000
the album cover for Agrell / Paradiso - The 12 Keyboard Sonatas
the album cover for Agrell / Paradiso - The 12 Keyboard Sonatas

Before coming to Sweden, the Italian-born harpsichordist Anna Paradiso knew little about Johan Helmich Roman, often called "the father of Swedish music". Here she soon realized that if Roman's music was Swedish, it was also Italian and specifically Neapolitan. Roman's collection of Twelve Keyboard Sonatas was preserved in a manuscript assembled around 1748, but had most likely been composed in the course of the two decades before that. Consisting of between three and seven movements, the pieces have been referred to both as 'suites' and 'sonatas'. Whatever the label, the collection is a fascinating testimony of a period of great stylistic diversity and change, as observed by a composer who, although geographically relegated to the outskirts of Europe, remained wide-open to new developments. In these recordings, Anna Paradiso emphasizes this aspect, performing the sonatas on three different instruments, a French and an Italian harpsichord and a copy of a Swedish clavichord from 1742 with well-judged ornamentations and use of rubato. That hope is here fulfilled, with the addition of an earlier keyboard sonata by Roman, as well as one by his Swedish contemporary Johan Agrell.

Tracklist:

  1. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: I. Commodo
  2. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: II. Lento
  3. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: III. Vivace
  4. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: IV. Scozzese - Vivace
  5. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: I. [Moderato]
  6. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: II. Adagio
  7. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: III. [Allegro]
  8. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: IV. Lento
  9. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: I. Adagio
  10. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: II. Come Alla Breve
  11. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: III. Lento
  12. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: IV. Allegro
  13. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: V. Tempo Di Menuetta
  14. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: I. Allegro Moderato
  15. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: II. Allegretto
  16. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: III. Lento Poco
  17. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: IV. Allegro
  18. Keyboard Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Beri 236: I. Allegro
  19. Keyboard Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Beri 236: II. Meno Mosso
  20. Keyboard Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Beri 236: III. Allegro Vivace
  21. Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Beri 215: I. Allegro
  22. Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Beri 215: II. Larghetto
  23. Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Beri 215: III. Allegro
  24. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: I. Allegro Assai
  25. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: II. Andante
  26. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: III. Presto
  27. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: IV. Minuetto I-II
  28. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: V. Polonese
Format: New CD/Classical

Agrell / Paradiso- The 12 Keyboard Sonatas

SKU: 7318599921358
₩33,000

Release Date: 01.08.2016

 
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Before coming to Sweden, the Italian-born harpsichordist Anna Paradiso knew little about Johan Helmich Roman, often called "the father of Swedish music". Here she soon realized that if Roman's music was Swedish, it was also Italian and specifically Neapolitan. Roman's collection of Twelve Keyboard Sonatas was preserved in a manuscript assembled around 1748, but had most likely been composed in the course of the two decades before that. Consisting of between three and seven movements, the pieces have been referred to both as 'suites' and 'sonatas'. Whatever the label, the collection is a fascinating testimony of a period of great stylistic diversity and change, as observed by a composer who, although geographically relegated to the outskirts of Europe, remained wide-open to new developments. In these recordings, Anna Paradiso emphasizes this aspect, performing the sonatas on three different instruments, a French and an Italian harpsichord and a copy of a Swedish clavichord from 1742 with well-judged ornamentations and use of rubato. That hope is here fulfilled, with the addition of an earlier keyboard sonata by Roman, as well as one by his Swedish contemporary Johan Agrell.

Tracklist:

  1. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: I. Commodo
  2. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: II. Lento
  3. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: III. Vivace
  4. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In A Major, Beri 232: IV. Scozzese - Vivace
  5. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: I. [Moderato]
  6. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: II. Adagio
  7. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: III. [Allegro]
  8. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In D Minor, Beri 233: IV. Lento
  9. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: I. Adagio
  10. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: II. Come Alla Breve
  11. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: III. Lento
  12. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: IV. Allegro
  13. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In B Minor, Beri 234: V. Tempo Di Menuetta
  14. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: I. Allegro Moderato
  15. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: II. Allegretto
  16. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: III. Lento Poco
  17. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In F Minor, Beri 235: IV. Allegro
  18. Keyboard Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Beri 236: I. Allegro
  19. Keyboard Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Beri 236: II. Meno Mosso
  20. Keyboard Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Beri 236: III. Allegro Vivace
  21. Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Beri 215: I. Allegro
  22. Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Beri 215: II. Larghetto
  23. Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Beri 215: III. Allegro
  24. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: I. Allegro Assai
  25. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: II. Andante
  26. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: III. Presto
  27. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: IV. Minuetto I-II
  28. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In G Major: V. Polonese