SCARLATTI DOMENICO

SCARLATTI: 30 SONATAS FOR SOLO GUITAR
Με τίτλο "30 Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti" και με την αρίθμηση που αντιστοιχεί στον κατάλογο του Ραλφ Κιρκπάτρικ, κυκλοφορούν σε μεταγραφή για σόλο κιθάρα, 30 από τις 555 Σονάτες του κορυφαίου Ιταλού τσεμπαλίστα. Πιστεύω πως πρόκειται για μια σημαντική έκδοση που όχι μόνον εμπλουτίζει το ρεπερτόριο του οργάνου, αλλά δίνει συγχρόνως τη δυνατότητα στον εκτελεστή να γνωρίσει αντιπροσωπευτικά δείγματα γραφής του Ντομένικο Σκαρλάτι και γενικότερα του ύφους της Μπαρόκ μουσικής. Οι 30 Σονάτες του Σκαρλάτι είναι έργα στα οποία οι απαιτήσεις δεν ε...
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(5-CD) SONATAS
Baroque powerhouse Domenico Scarlatti -- son of the great Alessandro Scarlatti and born in 1600, the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friderich Handel -- wrote an enormous 555 keyboard sonatas. These were mostly to be performed on the harpsichord, although several sources suggest that he may have also written some for the fortepiano at the Spanish court, where he was employed from 1733. The universal appeal of these sonatas -- containing Scarlatti's trademark influence of Iberian folk music and dances -- is such that they have...
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(CD) NEAPOLITAN ORGAN MUSIC
From the 17th to 19th centuries Naples was counted among the European capitals of music; traditions of both composition and performance were fostered, supporting a local culture that was hungry for music, and the city's conservatoires started to produce musicians who occupied positions of prestige both in their home city and at the courts and theatres across the continent. Out of the recently founded 'Neapolitan School' came a wealth of celebrated composers as well as the gradual romanticisation of the organ, which acquired new 'concert st...
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(CD) MANDOLIN SONATAS
In Domenico Scarlatti's vast output of 555 keyboard sonatas, there are a small number of works that are especially interesting to musicologists because of characteristics such as figured bass, three- or four-movement structure, and distinctive melodic lines that are particularly appropriate for a high-pitched solo instrument. Some experts believe that these works were written for the violin; on this recording, after meticulous research and the discovery of an important new manuscript at the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal in Paris, the members o...
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(36-CD BOX SET) SCARLATTI: COMPLETE KEYBOARD SONATAS
Detailing 36 CDs' worth of first-class recordings, this release is dedicated to the complete keyboard sonatas of one of the Baroque period's greatest composers and virtuoso performers: Domenico Scarlatti. 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 a...
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(CD) VIOLIN SONATAS
Amid Domenico Scarlatti's extensive output of over 555 keyboard sonatas lie a small number of works that, given such traits such as figured bass, multi-movement structure and even bowing-like articulation, were probably originally written for solo instrument (such as violin) and continuo. In their third recording for Brilliant Classics, members of the Cappella Tiberina present a selection of these works, experimenting with different scorings which historical sources show were common throughout the Baroque repertoire - hence K78 is presente...
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(CD) SCARLATTI AND THE NEAPOLITAN SONG
Domenico Scarlatti, the sixth child of the celebrated composer Alessandro Scarlatti, was a prolific keyboard composer, and is best known today for his 555 sonatas for keyboard. Domenico was employed by various members of European royalty and nobility in Italy, Spain and Portugal throughout his career. His style was unusual and innovative, but very few of his works were published during his lifetime. The disc combines several of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas with Neapolitan songs by various composers of the era, exploring the influences of t...
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