PIETRO DOMENICO PARADISI Sonatas for harpsichord
GCD C80011
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Enrico Baiano, harpsichord
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Total playing time 77:36 Recorded at Eremo di Ronzano, Bologna (Italy), in October 1995 Engineered by Roberto Meo Produced by Sigrid Lee
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PIETRO DOMENICO PARADISI (1707-1791)Sonatas for harpsichord (‘Sonate di gravicembalo’. London, 1754)
Sonata XI 1 Moderato 2 Andante
Sonata IX 3 Allegro 4 Andante
Sonata X 5 Vivace 6 Presto
Sonata IV 7 Andante 8 Minuetto
Sonata VI 9 Vivace 10 Allegro
Sonata VII 11 Allegro 12 Presto
Sonata II 13 Andante 14 Allegro
Sonata I 15 Allegro 16 Vivace
Sonata V 17 Presto 18 Allegro
Sonata XII 19 Allegro 20 Presto
Sonata VIII 21 Allegro 22 Presto
Sonata III 23 Presto 24 Larghetto
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These twelve sparkling sonatas from 1754 by Pier Domenico Paradisi (or Paradies) come from a period when Italian instrumental style had been losing ground compared to what was being produced on the other side of the Alps. Paradisi acts as a catalyst for the different attitudes of expression in Italy, France and Eastern Europe, expanding the boundaries of the so-called stile galante. Enrico Baiano, who enjoyed a remarkable period of recording activity for the Symphonia label in the 1990s, shows again with this stunning 1995 Paradisi recital, why he is regarded as one of the best harpsichordists of his generation.