Antonio Soler composed more than 500 sacred choral musical pieces in his native Spain. Today, though, it is his 200-or-so keyboard sonatas that are arousing the curiosity of performers. Our anthology volume presents 18 of them from all periods of the composer's creative life. In 1761 Soler wrote a music-theory treatise in which he sketched out methods of quickly modulting to remote keys; these techniques are also found in his keyboard sonatas. In this Urtext volume the player will enjoy the subtlety and speed of modulation between keys, and a brilliant lightness occasionally darkened by moments of pathos.
Song List
Soler: Sonata (Allegro) d minor
Soler: Sonata (Allegro moderato) c minor
Soler: Sonata (Allegro soffribile) G major
Soler: Sonata (Allegro) (Source: EE No. 14, p. 42) G major
Soler: Sonata (Allegro molto) [De la Codornitz] G major
Soler: Sonata (Allegro non tanto) c minor
Soler: Sonata (Allegro) (Source: IFM, Ms. No. 9, p. 28) G major