ANTONIO SOLER Sonata n.88 (Allegro)-Michel Mañanes Live

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Michel Mañanes plays Padre Antonio Soler Sonata D Flat Major. (1729-1783)Pupil of Domenico Scarlatti.With recitals for europa and suramerica specially. Has won first prize in several young piano competitions. He is Piano Teacher in Madrid and continue to give concerts.Antonio soler piano sonata.classical concert pianist.
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Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos, usually known today as Padre Antonio Soler, (baptized December 3, 1729 -- died December 20, 1783) was a Spanish composer whose works span the late Baroque and early Classical music eras. He is best known for his keyboard sonatas, an important contribution to the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ repertoire.

Soler was born in Olot near Girona, Catalonia. In 1736, when he was six, he entered the choir school of the great Monastery of Montserrat where he studied with the resident maestro Benito Esteve and organist Benito Valls. In 1744 he was appointed organist at the cathedral in La Seu d'Urgell and appointed as a subdeacon there. Later in his life, he held posts as chapel master in Lleida and El Escorial.


Ministerial lifestyle
Soler took Holy Orders at the age of 23 and his routine with the Jeronymite order near El Escorial, Madrid was a simple one for the next 31 years. His 20-hour days were filled with prayer, contemplation and farming -- a simple and unadorned life. Yet, in these austere surroundings, Soler managed to produce more than 500 musical works. Amongst these were around 150 keyboard sonatas -- many were believed to have been written as sheet music for his pupil, the Infante Don Gabriel, a son of King Carlos III. Other pieces include villancicos and masses for Christmas and other religious events. No portraits of Soler are known to exist.


Compositions
Padre Soler's most celebrated works are his keyboard sonatas, which are comparable to those by Domenico Scarlatti (with whom he is rumored to have studied). However, Soler's works are more varied in form than Scarlatti's with some pieces in three or four movements, for example (Scarlatti's are in one or two movements). Fortunately, Soler's sonatas were catalogued in the early twentieth century by Fr. Samuel Rubio and so all have 'R' numbers assigned to them.

Soler also wrote concertos, quintets for organ and strings, motets, masses and pieces for solo organ. His treatise Llave de la modulación (1762) is on modulation.

Soler's very fine "Six Concertos for Two Organs" are still very much in the repertoire and have been often recorded. A fandango once attributed to Soler, and probably more often performed than any other work by him, is now thought by some to be of doubtful authorship.

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[concerthall2007]

fantastic!

[michelmans]

Thank you very much :-)

[Brvorok]

very precise and good sound. Like Bach I have the feeling Soler is still alive. I like that!

[escucharnos]

Allegro but very precise. Bravo! Maestro!

[anandramanathan]

Very good playing. I like the baroque-classical style of the piece.

[Alienada68]

Que lindo es empezar el día con una sonrisa después de escuchar su interpretación !

[idaspe]

¡Qué limpieza de ejecución! ¡Felicitaciones! :o)

[phainopepla95]

Very clean and transparent: well done, Sir!

[lammetjespap]

very nice!!!!! I hope you will play also the sonata nr. 25. theoman from delft.

[Pagalenergetik]

Wunderschön gespieltes Stück, viele Dank hat mich sehr erfreut

[BarbaraPloyer333]

Soler was actually a piano teacher to one of the kings of Spain (I think- it may have been a prince).

[woohoolaura]

Oh my gosh this is a possible piece for me to play for my grade 8 and it sounds so hard :((( Maybe I'll pick something else instead, haha

[sina4]

Thanks for bringing the work of SOler to youtube. This is truly difficult piece - so any wrong notes can certainly be excused. Besides, as Ralph Kirkpatrick once said 'This (Spanish) music must be performed with bravery - bad notes or no, since part of the excitement is wondering if the performer will be able to get it right. To play carefully would be like skiing down a ski slope in an elevator. It is just not done. Keep up the good work!

[descontr0l]

Hermosísima músicaaaaaaa. ¡Imposible no sentir paz ante tanta belleza!