Pedro Casals - Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1-3 (2009-2010)

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Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1
01. Keyboard Sonata No. 107 In G Major (Osuna Encarnacion Monastery Manuscript)
02. Keyboard Sonata No. 108 In E Minor (Osuna Encarnacion Monastery Manuscript)
03. Keyboard Sonata No. 109 In A Minor (Osuna Encarnacion Monastery Manuscript)
04. Keyboard Sonata No. 110 In D Major (Osuna Encarnacion Monastery Manuscript)
05. Keyboard Sonata No. 111 In A-Flat Major (Osuna Encarnacion Monastery Manuscript)
06. Keyboard Sonata No. 112 In C Minor (Osuna Encarnacion Monastery Manuscript)
07. Keyboard Sonata In D Minor (Santa Clara Convent Manuscript)
08. Keyboard Sonata In G Major (Santa Clara Convent Manuscript)
09. Keyboard Sonata No. 1 In A Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
10. Keyboard Sonata No. 1 In A Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro
11. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In C Minor (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
12. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In C Minor (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro
13. Keyboard Sonata No. 3 In D Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
14. Keyboard Sonata No. 3 In D Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro
15. Keyboard Sonata No. 4 In C Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
16. Keyboard Sonata No. 4 In C Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro
17. Keyboard Sonata No. 5 In D Minor (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
18. Keyboard Sonata No. 5 In D Minor (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro

Nephew of the zarzuela composer, José de Nebra, Manuel Blasco de Nebra wrote some 170 works of which only 26 keyboard sonatas and six pastorellas are known today. This disc features his earliest known pieces, six sonatas from the Osuna Encarnación Monastery manuscript, with two from manuscripts preserved in the Santa Clara Convent and five from the Montserrat Abbey Archive, through which may be traced the development of the sonata from simple beginnings to more modern, fully-fledged forms. This is the first of three volumes which together will offer for the first time all of de Nebra’s surviving sonatas.


Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2
01. Keyboard Sonata No. 6 In e Minor (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript) In e Minor: I. Adagio
02. Keyboard Sonata No. 6 In e Minor (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript) In e Minor: II. Allegro
03. Keyboard Sonata No. 7 In F Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
04. Keyboard Sonata No. 7 In F Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro
05. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In C Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Andante
06. Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In C Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro Moderato
07. Keyboard Sonata No. 9 In a Minor (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript)
08. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In C Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
09. Keyboard Sonata No. 10 In C Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro
10. Keyboard Sonata No. 11 In a Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript)
11. Keyboard Sonata No. 12 In F Major (Montserrat Abbey Archive Manuscript)
12. Keyboard Sonata No. 1 In C Minor (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
13. Keyboard Sonata No. 1 In C Minor (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro
14. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Major (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
15. Keyboard Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Major (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro

Pedro Casals, an expert on Manuel Blasco de Nebra, continues his fascinating survey of the Spanish composer’s keyboard sonatas. This, the second in a three-disc series, comprises the final seven sonatas preserved in manuscript in the Montserrat Archive and two late sonatas, the first edition of which is held in the Library of Congress in Washington DC. They show de Nebra’s innovative contribution to the development of the modern piano sonata. Volume 1 is available on Naxos 8.572068.


Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 3
01. Keyboard Sonata No. 3 In a Major (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
02. Keyboard Sonata No. 3 In a Major (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro Molto
03. Keyboard Sonata No. 4 In G Minor (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
04. Keyboard Sonata No. 4 In G Minor (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): II. Allegro Molto
05. Keyboard Sonata No. 5 In F Sharp Minor (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
06. Keyboard Sonata No. 5 In F Sharp Minor (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): II. Presto
07. Keyboard Sonata No. 6 In e Major (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): I. Adagio
08. Keyboard Sonata No. 6 In e Major (Library of Congress of Washington D.C. Archive Manuscript): II. Presto

Acclaimed as ‘a most nimble and clean fingered soloist’, Pedro Casals is an ideal interpreter of Manuel Blasco de Nebra’s delightful keyboard music. On this third and final volume, he performs four two-movement sonatas using the first published editions preserved in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In each sonata, a gentle Adagio rich in harmonic interest and legato in character prefaces a faster, highly virtuosic second movement of a lighthearted character which frequently emulates the agility and vigour of guitar music. Volumes 1 (8.572068) and 2 (8.572069) are also available.

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