Cerasi Nebra

Manuel Blasco de Nebra - Sonatas & Pastorelas - Carole Cerasi (2003) {Metronome MET CD 1064}
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© 2003 Metronome Recordings | MET CD 1064
Classical / 18th Century / Period Instruments / Fortepiano / Harpsichord

Manuel Orlandi Blasco de Nebra figures among the most talented musicians of the 18th century Spain. He studied in Seville and in Madrid. Son and apprentice of José Blasco de Nebra, the organist of the Seville Cathedral since 1735, he composed over 170 works for keyboard instruments, about 30 of which are still in existence. As well as his talent for playing the organ, the fortepiano and the harpsichord, Manuel Blasco de Nebra’s excellent prima vista (or sight-reading: the ability to perform a piece of music upon reading it for the first time) was well-renowned. Heir to Domenico Scarlatti in many respects, Manuel Blasco de Nebra was a creative genius whose life was too short – he died aged 34 – to get the recognition that he deserved; his compositions have since his lifetime been overshadowed by the reputation of Domenico Scarlatti.

J.S. Bach - The English Suites - Carole Cerasi (2007) {2CD Set Metronome METCD 1078}
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© 2007 Metronome Recordings | MET CD 1078
Classical / Baroque / Period Instruments / Harpsichord

Recorded on a harpsichord by François-Etienne Blanchet II (Paris, 1757), restored and enlarged by Pascal Taskin (Paris, 1778), loaned by Kenneth Gilbert and recorded in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Chartres. From the rarified and somewhat recherché music of Blasco de Nebra, Carole Cerasi turns her focus on a masterpiece of the repertoire for keyboards with this new recording of the English Suites.