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Baroque

Gabriela Montero

Released
2007
Label
EMI Classics
Forces
Piano
Personnel
Gabriela Montero

Montero says every improvisation on the album was created in the moment rather than worked out beforehand.

A contemporary review hears Vivaldi’s Autumn turning towards Brubeck, Pachelbel taking on a Schumann-like cast and Handel’s “Hallelujah” brushing against Bizet and Joplin.

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The originalsJ.S. Bach; Handel; Scarlatti; Vivaldi; Pachelbel; Purcell; Gaspar Sanz; Giazotto; Jeremiah Clarke · classical source works

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Montero: Canarios (Improvisation on a Theme of Gaspar Sanz)Gaspar Sanz: Canarios
  2. Montero & Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 “Autumn”: I. AllegroVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Autumn: I. Allegro
  3. Montero: Improvisation on Pachelbel’s CanonPachelbel: Canon in D major
  4. Montero: Improvisation on Handel’s SarabandeHandel: Sarabande in D minor, HWV 437
  5. Montero: Baroque and meOriginal composition by Gabriela Montero
  6. Montero: Improvisation on Handel’s HallelujahHandel: Messiah, ‘Hallelujah’ chorus
  7. Montero: Adagio (Improvisation after Giazotto’s “Adagio of Albinoni”)Remo Giazotto: Adagio in G minor
  8. Montero: Improvisation on Handel’s LargoHandel: ‘Ombra mai fu’ from Serse, HWV 40
  9. Montero: Prelude (After Bach’s Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Prelude
  10. Montero & Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 “Winter”: II. LargoVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Winter: II. Largo
  11. Montero: Improvisation on Handel’s HornpipeHandel: Water Music, Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe
  12. Montero & Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 141Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 141
  13. Montero & Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: I. AllegroVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Spring: I. Allegro
  14. Montero & Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 “Summer”: III. PrestoVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Summer: III. Presto
  15. Montero: ContinuumOriginal composition by Gabriela Montero
  16. Montero: Rondeau (Improvisation on the Theme of “Rondeau” from Purcell’s Abdelazer, Z. 570)Purcell: Rondeau from Abdelazer, Z. 570
  17. Montero: Trumpet Voluntary (Improvisation after Jeremiah Clarke’s Prince of Denmark’s March)Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark’s March