Tag: Domenico Scarlatti

  • PROGRAM NOTES: BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV

    PROGRAM NOTES: BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV

    Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in B minor  K 27 Sonata in D major  K 96 The 550-odd sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti are perhaps the most successful works to migrate from the harpsichord to the modern grand piano. Their transparent texture of simple two- and three-part keyboard writing has one foot in the imitative counterpoint of the…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: YEVGENY SUDBIN

    PROGRAM NOTES: YEVGENY SUDBIN

    Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K 197 Sonata in G major K 455 “Probably one of the most outrageously individual compositional outputs of the Baroque era is to be found in the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti,” writes Yevgeny Sudbin in the liner notes to his 2004 Scarlatti album. This may explain why Scarlatti’s…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: ANDREA LUCCHESINI

    PROGRAM NOTES: ANDREA LUCCHESINI

    Domenico Scarlatti Six Sonatas K 491 – K 454 – K 239 – K 466 – K 342 – K 146 The 550-odd sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti are perhaps the most successful works to migrate from the harpsichord to the modern grand piano. Their transparent texture of simple two- and three-part keyboard writing has one foot in the imitative counterpoint of…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: YUN-CHIN ZHOU

    PROGRAM NOTES: YUN-CHIN ZHOU

    Domenico Scarlatti Three Sonatas The 550-odd sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti are perhaps the most successful works to migrate from the harpsichord to the modern grand piano. Their transparent texture of simple two- and three-part keyboard writing has one foot in the imitative counterpoint of the Baroque while anticipating the Classical era of Haydn and Mozart…