Antonio Soler's intellectual curiosity extended beyond music into mathematics and music theory, as evidenced by his treatise 'Llave de la modulación' ('Key to Modulation'), which proposed an advanced system of modulation.
Performer Biography
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, the pianist on this album, is the winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition and the first Canadian Grand Prize Laureate of the 2024 Concours musical international de Montréal.
Composer Biography
Antonio Soler, often called 'a devil dressed as a monk,' was an 18th-century composer who maintained an exhaustive daily schedule of composing, teaching, and performing, sometimes for up to 20 hours.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Antonio Soler's keyboard sonatas showcase his mastery of intricate modulations, rhythmic vitality, and a distinctly Spanish musical voice that diverged from the dominant Italianate and Galante styles of his time.
Compositional Technique
Antonio Soler's 'Llave de la modulación' (1762) proposed an advanced system of modulation that allowed movement between any of the 24 major and minor keys in the shortest possible number of bars.
Recording & Production
This album is a recording for the Naxos label, offered as a prize to winners of the Maria Canals International Music Competition of Barcelona.
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