Alessandro Perin & Roberto Loreggian - Valeri: Organ Works (2018)

Taking advantage of two great historical instruments (the Giacomo Bazzani e Figli, 1832, organ of San Lorenzo in Cavazzana (RO) church, and the Gaetano Callido 1797, organ of the Beata Vergine del Rosario in Polesella (RO) church), in this double CD organist Alessandro Perin offers a significant collection of the works by the Paduan composer Gaetano Valeri, a leading exponent of the late eighteenth century Italian keyboard music scene. Remaining anchored to the 'galante' style, Valeri’s sonatas are characterised by great inventiveness, singability, rhythmic variety and formal elegance, and naturally enhance the variegated tonal characteristics of the Italian seventeenth-century organs. The release also features Roberto Loreggian, performing on the world premiere recording of the two four-hands works, Ouverture ridotta a quattro mani and Suonata a quattro mani.

TRACKLIST

CD1
01. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 1, Allegro in D Major
02. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 2, Largo in C Major
03. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 3, Allegro con spirito in F Major
04. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 4, Largo in A Major
05. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 5, Spiritoso in B-Flat Major
06. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 6, Tema con variazioni in A Major
07. 7 Organ Sonatas: No. 1, Allegro in C Major
08. 7 Organ Sonatas: No. 2, Moderato in C Major
09. 7 Organ Sonatas: No. 3, Adagio in C Major
10. 7 Organ Sonatas: No. 4, Allegretto in A Major
11. 7 Organ Sonatas: No. 5, Allegro brillante in C Major
12. 7 Organ Sonatas: No. 6, Brillante in C Major
13. 7 Organ Sonatas: No. 7, Allegro agitato in C Minor
14. Marcia in D Major
15. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 3, Allegro brillante in B-Flat Major
16. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 6, Allegro moderato in E-Flat Major

CD2
01. Ouverture
02. Largo in C Major
03. Grande sinfonia: Adagio pastorale in B-Flat Major
04. Pastorale in G Major
05. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 1, Allegro affettuoso in F Major
06. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 2, Andante sostenuto in A Major
07. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 4, Brillante in C Major
08. 6 Organ Sonatas: No. 5, Adagio in D Major
09. Suonata à 4 mani in F Major: I. Allegro moderato
10. Suonata à 4 mani in F Major: II. Adagio
11. Suonata à 4 mani in F Major: III. Rondò-Allegro