In the third of a series of CD's containing Galuppi's sonatas, we present another eight 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. All the sonatas on this disc are unpublished and have been reconstructed for performance by Peter Seivewright from the original manuscripts. 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Seivewright has spent a good deal of time on a research mission to Venice and other European cities, retrieving the unpublished manuscript scores and preparing performing editions.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 F Major No. 3a: Largo
Sonata In F Major No. 3a: Allegro
Sonata In A Flat Major No. 3b: Largo
Sonata In A Flat Major No. 3b: Allegro Energico
Sonata In E Major No.3c: Lento Espressivo
Sonata In E Major No. 3c: Allegro
Sonata In C Major No. 3d: Largo
Sonata In C Major No. 3d: Presto
Sonata In C Major No. 3d: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Sonata In D Major No. 3e: Allegro Deciso
Sonata In D Major No. 3e: Con Moto
Sonata In D Major No. 3e: Andantino
Sonata In G Major No. 3f: Larghetto
Sonata In G Major No. 3f: Spiritoso E Tenderoso
Sonata In B Flat Major No. 3g: Lento Espressivo
Sonata In B Flat Major No. 3g: Allegretto Grazioso
Sonata In B Flat Major No. 3g: Spiritoso
Sonata In E Flat Major No. 3h: Con Grazia
Sonata In E Flat Major No. 3h: Allegro
Sonata In E Flat Major No. 3h: Menuetto

UPC: 809730501524
Label: Divine Art
Release Date: 10.26.04
Format: CD

Peter Seivewright - Complete Piano Sonatas 3 (CD)