Keyboard music in the Iberian Peninsula during the first half of the eighteenth was dominated by three composers; Carlos Seixas (1704-1742), Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783) and Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). These three composers were instrumental in the growth of the binary form sonata in the Iberian Peninsula which dominated harpsichord music to an even greater degree than the tiento in the previous two centuries. The harpsichord sonatas of Carlos Seixas and Padre Antonio Soler strongly reveal the influence of Scarlatti with whom they studied. All three were also instrumental in developing the ‘novel’ galant style that effectively provided a stepping stone between the Baroque and Classical periods.

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Vivaldi:

The Four Seasons

Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 5 in E flat major, RV253 'La tempesta di mare'

Violin Concerto, Op. 8 No. 6 in C major, RV180 'Il Piacere'

Marieke Blankestijn, Richard Lester, Harold Lester

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

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Fauré = Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2

Fauré:

Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89

Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115

Susan Tomes (piano), Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Timothy Boulton (viola), Richard Lester (cello) & Anthony Marwood (violin)

'An outstanding issue' (The Guardian)

Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

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Chamber Music

Dohnányi:	Serenade in C major for String Trio Op. 10
Dvorak:	Bagatelles, Op. 47
Kodály:	Intermezzo for string trio
Martinu:	String Trio No. 2, H. 238 Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (Duo No. 1), H. 313 Piano Quartet No.1
Suk:	Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1

Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Timothy Boulton (viola), Richard Lester (cello), Susan Tomes (piano, harmonium)

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Scarlatti - Highlights from the ‘complete Sonatas’

48 Favourite Sonatas

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K24 in A major

Keyboard Sonata K141 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K124 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K511 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K513 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K515 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K516 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K517 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K523 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major

Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K432 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K429 in A major

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K430 in D major

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K441 in B-flat major

Keyboard Sonata K447 in F sharp minor

Keyboard Sonata K314 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K370 in E flat major

Keyboard Sonata K122 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K123 in E flat major

Keyboard Sonata K126 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K134 in E major

Keyboard Sonata K251 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K137 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K57 in B flat major

Keyboard Sonata K492 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K491 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K490 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K520 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K239 in F minor

Keyboard Sonata K333 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K205 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K415 in D major

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K206 in E major

Keyboard Sonata K260 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K434 in D minor

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K202 in B flat major

Keyboard Sonata K33 in D Major

Keyboard Sonata K9 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K56 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K147 in E minor

Keyboard Sonata K146 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K145 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K461 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K460 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K455 in G major

Richard Lester (harpsichord & fortepiano)

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