Pinto: Sonatas for Piano and Violin; Marek Toporowski, Robert Bachara (CD)

Pinto

Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte with an Accompaniment for a Violin

Composed and Respectfully Dedicated to Miss Mary Gordon (Cluny)

by G. F. Pinto (London, 1806)

Sonata No.1 in G minor

1. I. Allegro moderato con espressione 8’51
2. II. Adagio. Sostenuto e legato 5’02
3. III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso 5’44

Sonata No.2 in A

4. I. Allegro moderato con espressione 9’19
5. II. Andante 4’40
6. III. Rondo: Allegro con brio 6’34

Sonata No.3 in B-flat

7. I. Allegro moderato con espressione con spirito 10’00
8. II. Adagio affettuoso e con sentimento 3’40
9. III. Rondo: Allegro moderato. Pastorale e legato 4’57

Marek Toporowskipiano

Paul McNulty, after Anton Walter, compass F1–c4

Robert Bacharaviolin

Anonymous Italian, 18th c.