D. Scarlatti: Complete Sonatas, Vol. VI (Sonatas Kk. 230-269)

D. Scarlatti: Complete Sonatas, Vol. VI (Sonatas Kk. 230-269)
Composer Domenico Scarlatti
Artist Pieter-Jan Belder harpsichord
Format 3 CD
Cat. number 92455
EAN code 5028421924557
Release April 2006

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About this release

Born in 1685, Scarlatti spent the majority of his career in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families – with the latter appointment enabling him to devote his full attention towards composing for the harpsichord. This unusual cultural background accounts for why the Italian’s music, though contemporary with that of Bach and Handel, differs so much in comparison–Spanish dance rhythms (such as the flamenco), and folk tunes with Moorish and gypsy-like flavours, indicate that day-by-day-street life was a great source of inspiration to Scarlatti.

Written in single-movement form, the 555 works comprising the collection also reveal Scarlatti’s development of new playing techniques, including note repetitions and fast passages in parallel 3rds and 6ths, not to mention his important pioneering of structures – which in turn point to the impending emergence of the Classical style. They are performed with gusto by Pieter-Jan Belder, whose assured interpretation does full justice to this important body of late Baroque music.

Harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder needed seven years to record all of Scarlatti’s 555 sonatas for keyboard, but of course he succeded in this admireable task and the results are truly magnificent. This release is the fourth volume, containing the sonatas Nos. 230 - 269.

Listening

Track list

Disk 1

  1. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 230 in C Minor: allegro
  2. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 231 in C Major: allegro
  3. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 232 in E Minor: andante
  4. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 233 in E Minor: allegro
  5. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 234 in G Minor: andante
  6. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 235 in G Major: allegro
  7. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 236 in D Major: allegro
  8. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 237 in D Major: allegro
  9. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 238 in F Minor: andante
  10. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 239 in F Minor: allegro
  11. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 240 in G Major: allegro
  12. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 241 in G Major: allegro
  13. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 242 in C Major: Vivo
  14. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 243 in C Major: allegro

Disk 2

  1. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 244 in B Major: allegro
  2. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 245 in B Major: allegro
  3. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 246 in C-Sharp Minor: allegro
  4. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 247 in C-Sharp Minor: allegro
  5. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 248 in B-Flat Major: allegro
  6. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 249 in B-Flat Major: allegro
  7. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 250 in C Major: allegro
  8. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 251 in C Major: allegro
  9. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 252 in E-Flat Major: allegro
  10. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 253 in E-Flat Major: allegro
  11. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 254 in C Minor: allegro
  12. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 255 in C Major: allegro
  13. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 256 in F Major: andante
  14. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 257 in F Major: allegro

Disk 3

  1. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 258 in D Major: andante
  2. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 259 in G Major: andante
  3. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 260 in G Major: allegro
  4. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 261 in B Major: allegro
  5. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 262 in B Major: Vivo
  6. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 263 in E Minor: andante
  7. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 264 in E Major: Vivo
  8. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 265 in a Minor: allegro
  9. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 266 in B-Flat Major: andante
  10. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 267 in B-Flat Major: allegro
  11. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 268 in A Major: allegro
  12. Alessandro Scarlatti: K. 269 in A Major: allegro