Sonate di Gravicembalo (1754)

Album by Pietro Domenico Paradisi & Elaine Funaro

Sonate di Gravicembalo is a collection of harpsichord sonatas by Italian composer Pietro Domenico Paradisi, published in 1754. The works exemplify the galant style and early Classical sensibilities with clear textures, graceful melodies and ornamented figurations suited to the harpsichord, and they serve as representative examples of the mid-18th-century transition in keyboard music from Baroque complexity toward lighter, song-like forms.

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  1. 1.
    Book I, Sonata I: I. Allegro
    2:46
  2. 2.
    Book I, Sonata I: II. Vivace
    2:38
  3. 3.
    Book I, Sonata II: I. Andante
    3:43
  4. 4.
    Book I, Sonata II: II. Giga-Allegro
    2:32
  5. 5.
    Book I, Sonata III: I. Presto
    2:42
  6. 6.
    Book I, Sonata III: II. Larghetto e cantabile
    5:06
  7. 7.
    Book I, Sonata IV: I. Andante
    3:21
  8. 8.
    Book I, Sonata IV: II. Minuetto
    2:02
  9. 9.
    Book I, Sonata V: I. Presto
    3:41
  10. 10.
    Book I, Sonata V: II. Giga-Allegro
    1:31
  11. 11.
    Book I, Sonata VI: I. Vivace
    4:16
  12. 12.
    Book I, Sonata VI: II. Allegro
    2:22
  13. 13.
    Book II, Sonata VII: I. Allegro
    4:21
  14. 14.
    Book II, Sonata VII: II. Presto
    2:17
  15. 15.
    Book II, Sonata VIII: I. Allegro
    4:17
  16. 16.
    Book II, Sonata VIII: II. Presto
    2:04
  17. 17.
    Book II, Sonata IX: I. Allegro
    4:09
  18. 18.
    Book II, Sonata IX: II. Andante
    3:36
  19. 19.
    Book II, Sonata X: I. Vivace
    4:02
  20. 20.
    Book II, Sonata X: II. Presto
    1:37
  21. 21.
    Book II, Sonata XI: I. Moderato
    4:17
  22. 22.
    Book II, Sonata XI: II. Andante
    2:42
  23. 23.
    Book II, Sonata XII: I. Allegro
    4:03
  24. 24.
    Book II, Sonata XII: II. Presto
    2:23

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