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Roman / Paradiso - 12 Keyboard Sons 1-7 Music CD

Roman / Paradiso - 12 Keyboard Sons 1-7 Music CD

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Before coming to Sweden, the Italian-born harpsichordist Anna Paradiso knew little about Johan Helmich Roman, often called 'the father of Swedish music'. Here she soon realized that if Roman's music was Swedish, it was also Italian - and specifically Neapolitan, her own part of Italy: The restlessness of the harmonic idiom, the continuous shifts from one melodic gesture to another, the absence of long and balanced phrases, the theatrical character. Roman had spent five years in London as a young man before returning to Stockholm to take up his duties at the Royal Court. Fourteen years later, 1735-37, he was once more able to sample the newest trends in music in person, during a two-year sabbatical spent travelling across Europe, with Ischia, near Naples, as his goal. It would seem that many, or most, of the twelve keyboard sonatas were composed around this time or later. Why he wrote them is not known, however, nor what instrument they were intended for. In 1746, shortly after he had retired, Roman assembled the pieces, each consisting of between three and seven movements, in a single manuscript. They remained unpublished, however, and as Roman did not provide any titles to them, they have since been referred to both as 'suites' and 'sonatas'. Whatever the label, this fascinating collection is a testimony of a period of great stylistic diversity and change, as observed by a composer who, although geographically relegated to the outskirts of Europe, remained wide-open to new developments. On this, the first of two discs, Anna Paradiso emphasizes this aspect of the composer, performing the first seven sonatas of the set on three different instruments - a French and an Italian harpsichord and a copy of a clavichord built in Sweden in 1742 - with well-judged ornamentations and use of rubato.

Tracklist:

  1. Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Beri 225: I. Allegro
  2. Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Beri 225: II. Adagio
  3. Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Beri 225: III. Non Tanto
  4. Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Beri 225: IV. Vivace
  5. Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Beri 226: I. Allegro
  6. Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Beri 226: II. Lento Non Troppo
  7. Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Beri 226: III. Allegro Moderato
  8. Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Beri 226: IV. Non Troppo Allegro
  9. Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Beri 226: V. Presto
  10. Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Beri 227: I. Largo
  11. Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Beri 227: II. Allegro Moderato
  12. Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Beri 227: III. Allegretto
  13. Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Beri 227: IV. Allegro Assai
  14. Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Beri 227: V. Menuet
  15. Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 In D Major, Beri 228: I. Lento
  16. Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 In D Major, Beri 228: II. Carillon: Allegro
  17. Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 In D Major, Beri 228: III. Non Troppo Adagio
  18. Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 In D Major, Beri 228: IV. Allegro Moderato
  19. Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 In D Major, Beri 228: V. Allegretto
  20. Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 In D Major, Beri 228: VI. Presto
  21. Harpsichord Sonata No. 4 In D Major, Beri 228: VII. Villanella
  22. Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 In G Minor, Beri 229: I. Con Spirito
  23. Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 In G Minor, Beri 229: II. Allegro Moderato
  24. Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 In G Minor, Beri 229: III. Lento
  25. Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 In G Minor, Beri 229: IV. Vivace - Lento
  26. Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 In G Minor, Beri 229: V. Andante Ad Libitum
  27. Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 In B-Flat Major, Beri 230: I. Allegro
  28. Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 In B-Flat Major, Beri 230: II. Andante
  29. Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 In B-Flat Major, Beri 230: III. Vivace
  30. Harpsichord Sonata No. 7 In F Major, Beri 231: I. Moderato
  31. Harpsichord Sonata No. 7 In F Major, Beri 231: II. Vivace
  32. Harpsichord Sonata No. 7 In F Major, Beri 231: III. Allegro

UPC: 7318599920955
Label: Bis
Release Date: 2.10.15
Format: CD

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