Seixas Harpsichord Sonatas
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Composer or Director: (José António) Carlos de Seixas
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Amon Ra
Magazine Review Date: 4/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 60
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CD-SAR43

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(25) Sonatas, Movement: D minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(25) Sonatas, Movement: F sharp minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: C minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: D minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: E flat |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: E |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: G |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: G minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: A |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: B flat |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
Composer or Director: (José António) Carlos de Seixas
Label: Amon Ra
Magazine Review Date: 4/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CSAR43

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(25) Sonatas, Movement: D minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(25) Sonatas, Movement: F sharp minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: C minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: D minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: E flat |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: E |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: G |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: G minor |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: A |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
(80) Sonatas, Movement: B flat |
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer
(José António) Carlos de Seixas, Composer Robert Woolley, Harpsichord |
Author:
If virtuosity is always on display, it is never vacuous, Carlos Seixas was enough of a composer never to lose-direction. There are rhetorical moments (such as the Allegro of the first D minor Sonata) and others of harmonic piquancy, yet for all the originality of the figuration (as for example in the concluding movements of the first three sonatas on this CD), amusement at his use of left-hand octaves palls after several sonatas like the A major, the single-movement D minor (with 'blood and thunder' effects) and the B flat major (a special commendation for the tuner, David Winston, would seem to be in order). Taken on their own, they are very exciting and delightful works.
Woolley, Seixas's gallant champion, is more than equal to any task contrived by the composer and there are many moments of sparkling technical virtuosity—especially in the concluding G minor Sonata—as well as interpretative skill evident in his thoughtful performances of the E flat major Sonata and the Andante of the C minor. This is a recording for fellow enthusiasts and those eager to broaden their experience of late-baroque music—but especially for those who relish dazzling playing on the harpsichord.'
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