José Antonio Carlos de Seixas was both a virtuoso keyboard performer and a prolific composer with almost 100 authenticated harpsichord sonatas to his credit. His sonatas share something of the advanced form and colourful texture of his older contemporary and colleague, Domenico Scarlatti. This first disc of the complete Seixas Harpsichord Sonatas includes a number of sonatas, notably Nos. 19, 24 and 44, which call for considerable virtuosity in performance.