Sergio Monteiro

Sergio Monteiro – Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 23 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:49 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
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Domenico Scarlatti’s distinguished career included a royal post in Rome where he competed against Handel, the latter being declared the better organist and Scarlatti the better harpsichordist. Written for his pupil the Infanta Maria Bárbara, Scarlatti’s legacy of hundreds of single-movement keyboard sonatas forms a valuable resource for performers today. This collection includes a wealth of Spanish dances with virtuoso leaps, unusual modulations, flourishes and ornamentation, as well as Scarlatti’s irrepressible verve and energy.

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Sergio Monteiro – Vierne: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:56 minutes | 896 MB | Genre: Classical
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Louis Vierne is renowned as one of the most brilliant of all French organ composers. His piano works are little known despite their colourful, imaginative and inspiring treatment of the instrument. The early Deux Pièces owe their lyrical style to Mendelssohn, while the Suite bourguignonne exudes an atmosphere of joie de vivre and romantic contentment. Impressionism can be heard in the Trois Nocturnes, the third of which is considered one of Vierne’s masterpieces with its evocative use of birdsong, while the shadows of war echo in the solemn Poème des cloches funèbres. This is the first of two albums covering repertoire that deserves a place in the pantheon of French piano music.

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