D Scarlatti - Piano Sonatas
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Label: Berlin Classics
Cat No: 0300603BC
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 15th June 2015
Contents
Works
Keyboard Sonata in A major, K208Keyboard Sonata in A major, K322
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K61
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K175
Keyboard Sonata in C major, K513
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K29
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K140
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K278
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K397
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K435
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K443
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K490
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K491
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K32
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K213
Keyboard Sonata in E major, K135
Keyboard Sonata in E major, K206
Keyboard Sonata in F major, K6
Keyboard Sonata in F major, K296
Keyboard Sonata in F major, K518
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K13
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K124
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K125
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K144
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K146
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K260
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K284
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K427
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K454
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K470
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K4
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K8
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K31
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K35
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K76
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K108
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K450
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K476
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, Kdeest
Artists
Claire Huangci (piano)Works
Keyboard Sonata in A major, K208Keyboard Sonata in A major, K322
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K61
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K175
Keyboard Sonata in C major, K513
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K29
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K140
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K278
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K397
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K435
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K443
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K490
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K491
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K32
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K213
Keyboard Sonata in E major, K135
Keyboard Sonata in E major, K206
Keyboard Sonata in F major, K6
Keyboard Sonata in F major, K296
Keyboard Sonata in F major, K518
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K13
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K124
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K125
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K144
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K146
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K260
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K284
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K427
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K454
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K470
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K4
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K8
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K31
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K35
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K76
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K108
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K450
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K476
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, Kdeest
Artists
Claire Huangci (piano)About
Asked what music she wanted to play on her second solo album, she shot back: "Scarlatti!". And yet Claire Huangci is known as a consummate interpreter of highly virtuosic music. But even when reviewing her debut CD of tricky Russian ballet transcriptions, Ingo Harden in Fono Forum had this to say: "Over and above the seemingly effortless and euphonious realization of her programme, her playing has an amazingly wide spectrum of nuances in touch. Even a seasoned performer with decades of experience can hardly offer us a more imaginative and colourful 'orchestra on the piano'."
Such nuances are the heart and soul of Scarlatti's sonatas. Each individual piece needs its own pulse, and its own colours, to bring it to life. Then the music reveals a whole world of joyous experimentation, expressed in the composer's 555 sonatas. Written for none other than himself and his pupil Maria Barbara, the Portuguese Infanta, they contain all that the Baroque and Classical idiom of his age had to offer – including the emulation of special guitar techniques. The self-assurance with which all these elements are juggled often leaves the listener agape.
But how is the artist to master this sheer volume of music and give her selection a meaningful structure? The young pianist writes in her introduction: "Building on that general practice, I began wondering if I could create larger music forms from his works, using individual sonatas as movements. And expanding upon that, what if I was able to present the works in a way that would show people clearly how Scarlatti formed the perfect bridge between the Baroque and Classical periods? Using the sonatas, I decided to create Baroquian Suites and Classical Sonatas, congruent with forms from each respective era."
After reviewing all the sonatas, she finalized her concept of two quite distinct CDs: "Each suite on the first CD follows basic form with an opening movement (prelude or toccata), then allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue with additional intermezzo movements such as bourrees, passepieds, gavottes, minuets, etc. CD2 used different criteria. On top of tonal continuity, it was important to show the classical side of Scarlatti, in expression, in harmonic modulation, and particularly in compositional structure (exposition, development, recapitulation)."
Not that the aim is to reconstruct works that have never existed in that form. The idea is that the listener will form an impression of how the pieces are related to one another, if they are not heard in isolation. This at once builds logical bridges between movements that were previously an arbitrary sequence of individual pieces. It also demonstrates Scarlatti's versatility as a titan of the miniature, confidently poised between two eras in the creation of his own music.
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