Soler: Selected Sonatas for Harp

Schrama, Godelieve

MDG 903 1627-6

In his monastery cell not far from Madrid the Don't turn off the lights. Father Antonio Soler composed Day and night - almost 500 works within a few days three decades. The result was by far not scores far removed from the world, but here we meet the sheer and the plunge The joie de vivre of the Spanish rococo. Godelieve Schrama has written the famous harpsichord sonatas for her instrument - the harp - was seen and recorded for the first time on a (Super Audio) CD. • Antonio was the son of a military musician and received his first music lessons at the age of seven years in the Benedictine monastery Monserrat near Barcelona. No wonder he's so scared of you inspired by organ playing. Being his own way to the monastery was decided in 1753: At that time the bishop inquired with him about a suitable organist for El Escorial, who is mighty monastery and castle complex nearby of Madrid. Full of self-confidence and joined the order and found himself as the Organist and Kapellmeister an ideal environment for his ideas of music. • The compositions are characterized by the catalan folk and dance music. She gives the typical Iberian timbre of his works and the characteristic rhythm. Round and round again are echoes of the Moorish culture Of North Africa. Then again you mean a work by Domenico Scarlatti. None Wunder, the Italian composer antonio Soler of course also met in the Escorial. • Godelieve Schrama conjures up delightful Sound cascades into the recording room. It's fascinating, how well the original Harpsichord works with the reproduction type of the harp harmonize. All this captured in finest Multichannel technology, this recording can be also for audiophile enjoyment warmly recommend.

SACD x 1

MDG

11/2/10

760623162768