Bob Kasenchak wrote: >Me again. Having a heck of a time with Galuppi Sonatas. Various sources >claim he wrote 50, 90 or over 100 harpsichord sonatas, there appears to >be no numbering system, opus numbers, or thematic catalog that I can find. >Does anyone know anything at all about Galuppi? There are a few recordings >but I have none on hand. Are they numbered? Is there a thematic index? >Even a web search turned up precious little information. I can offer no musicological expertise here, but I can tell you there is a wonderful recording of one of his sonatas by Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli. It is on the two-disc compilation on the "Great Pianists" series (most of the rest of it is Debussy and Ravel). I have a weakness for apparently ingenuous pieces played with superhuman artistry, which is what this is. Chris Bonds