In the second of a series of CD's containing Galuppi's sonatas, we present a further nine of these masterpieces. All music lovers should sample these seminal works, which made Galuppi one of the greatest composers of his day; all the more strange that he should have fallen into such obscurity. Peter Seivewright has spent a good deal of time on a research mission to Venice and other European cities, retrieving the unpublished manuscript scores and preparing performing editions. One of the great revelations brought about by this work is that Galuppi, far from being a straightforward baroque composer writing for the traditional keyboard instruments (harpsichord and clavichord), which have been employed in all previous recordings, actually waited until the piano had been developed before creating most of his phenomenal output. Many of the original manuscripts are titled "Sonata for Pianoforte", and much of the writing, making substantial use of the sustain pedal, simply do not work on the earlier instruments.

Tracklist:

Sonata In C Major No. 2a: Andante
Sonata In C Major No. 2a: Allegro
Sonata In G Major No. 2b: Andantino
Sonata In G Major No. 2b: Presto
Sonata In F Major No. 2c: Andantino
Sonata In F Major No. 2c: Allegro
Sonata In F Major No. 2c: Giga
Sonata In C Minor No. 2d: Allegro Moderato
Sonata In C Minor No. 2d: Allegretto
Sonata In F Major, No. 2e: Introduction :Arpeggio
Sonata In F Major No. 2e: Allegro
Sonata In F Major No. 2e: Allegretto
Sonata In D Minor No. 2f: Allegro
Sonata In D Minor No. 2f: Variations
Sonata In D Major, No. 2g: Andante Grazioso
Sonata In D Major No. 2g: Allegro Moderato
Sonata In B Flat Major No 2h: Larghetto
Sonata In B Flat Major No. 2h: Allegro
Sonata In A Major No 2i: Larghetto
Sonata In A Major No. 2i: Allegro Assai

UPC: 809730500725
Label: Divine Art
Release Date: 10.24.06
Format: CD

Peter Seivewright - Galuppi, Baldassare : Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. 2' (CD)