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.

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.

Three Preludes, George Gershwin

Vianna da Motta - Au bord du lac de Pena

Alfredo Casella - Toccata

Fantasia in sol - Nino Rota

The Fantasia in Sol reveals some “Classicism”. Its structure revolves around a sonata-form, with a succession of themes (some pending to exotism), in a sort of “musical movie”, like the unfolding of scenes of a movie. A moment of apparent initial calm succeeds little by little a graduating of tension that is unleashed in a series of short rhythmic figures, reappearing a new “peaceful” theme, suggesting some sarcasm.