ClaveDuo - Il Teatro Del Suono - Bernardo Pasquini - Sonate Per Due Cembali Con Il Basso Cifrato

1. [Sonata I] A’ due Cimbali 2:42
2. Sonata II 2:56
3. Sonata III 3:17
4. Sonata IV 3:36
5. Sonata V 3:05
6. Sonata VI a due 4:01
7. Sonata VII a due 2:52
8. Sonata VIII a due 5:44
9. Sonata IX a due 3:19
10. Sonata X a 2 2:45
11. Sonata XI a 2 2:22
12. Sonata XII 3:57
13. Sonata XIII a 2 2:30
14. Sonata XIV 2:28

Joanna Solecka - harpsichord
Anna Huszczo - harpsichord 

The recordings of the Sonatas (RecArt 0042) presented on this CD are fully written-out pieces, not a sound recording of improvisations. The partimento notation became a pretext for Joanna Solecka to develop different varieties of polyphonic texture, in accordance with the rules of counterpoint characteristic of the composer's period. In the presented realisations there is thus room for canon, fugue and free imitative polyphony, as well as for contrastive polyphony and nota contra notam texture. The realisation of the Sonatas in counterpoint style is a truly fascinating study of elaborate polyphony and composition, requiring insight beyond the ephemeral nature of improvisation. Hopefully the presented interpretations of Bernardo Pasquini's Sonate per due Cembali con il basso cifrato will take listeners not only on a journey through the world of Baroque contrapuntal techniques, but above all will touch their souls with their variety and depth of affect.

label: RecArt 2021
nr kat. RECART 0042
format: CD, digipack