Nikolai Kapustin, Concert Etude Op 40 - 8

Boléro Brillant, J. Leybach

Carlos Seixas - Toccata in B minor

José António Carlos de Seixas (1704 - 1742 ), was a portuguese composer, organist and harpsichordist.

Seixas was born in Coimbra. He succeeded his father as organist in 1718 at age fourteen, and two years later moved to Lisbon, where he gave harpsichord lessons and met Domenico Scarlatti, who was living in Portugal from 1721 to 1728. It is claimed that when the king's son, Dom António, arranged for Scarlatti to give Seixas harpsichord lessons, Scarlatti replied that it was Seixas who should give him lessons. Seixas later became organist in the court chapel and Lisbon cathedral as well as court composer. He was knighted in 1738 by the king João V.

Vianna da Motta - Ballada

Carlos Seixas - Toccata in D minor

José António Carlos de Seixas (1704 - 1742 ), was a portuguese composer, organist and harpsichordist.
Seixas was born in Coimbra. He succeeded his father as organist in 1718 at age fourteen, and two years later moved to Lisbon, where he gave harpsichord lessons and met Domenico Scarlatti, who was living in Portugal from 1721 to 1728. It is claimed that when the king's son, Dom António, arranged for Scarlatti to give Seixas harpsichord lessons, Scarlatti replied that it was Seixas who should give him lessons. Seixas later became organist in the court chapel and Lisbon cathedral as well as court composer. He was knighted in 1738 by the king João V.

Carlos Seixas

José António Carlos de Seixas (1704 - 1742 ), was a portuguese composer, organist and harpsichordist.

Seixas was born in Coimbra. He succeeded his father as organist in 1718 at age fourteen, and two years later moved to Lisbon, where he gave harpsichord lessons and met Domenico Scarlatti, who was living in Portugal from 1721 to 1728. It is claimed that when the king's son, Dom António, arranged for Scarlatti to give Seixas harpsichord lessons, Scarlatti replied that it was Seixas who should give him lessons. Seixas later became organist in the court chapel and Lisbon cathedral as well as court composer. He was knighted in 1738 by the king João V.

Seixas was influenced by the German Empfindsamer Stil (literally 'sensitive style'), but he also added his own portuguese style. Much of his work was destroyed in the earthquake that devastated Lisbon in 1755. Only three orchestral pieces and around 100 keyboard sonatas survived, plus a handful of choral works for liturgical use (much more conservative than what one would expect from his instrumental music).

Brasilakas No 2, André Lamounier

Brasilakas is one of the 10 pieces for piano. This work describes the singing of Amazonia’s birds in opposition with the frenetical cities rhythm. Tecnicaly, the accompaniment used ilustrates the cars movements and the city noises while the right hand represents the birds of the forests in a peaceful duel (melody) and agitated (harmony).