Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K56 in C minor

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March 2006

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D. Scarlatti: Sonatas

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K12 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K144 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K99 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K441 in B-flat major

Keyboard Sonata K373 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K32 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K43 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K202 in B flat major

Keyboard Sonata K40 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K225 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K8 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K70 in B flat major

Keyboard Sonata K95 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K56 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K244 in B major

Keyboard Sonata K83 in A major

Keyboard Sonata K25 in F sharp minor

Keyboard Sonata K69 in F minor

Keyboard Sonata K85 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K59 in F major

Alice Ader (piano)

“It was with Wanda Landowska on the harpsichord, on an old black record, that I first heard the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. My favourites were those that showed some Spanish influence: that rugged pride, those implacable rhythms, that mad vitality, what splendour! I have chosen mostly sonatas that are joyful or humorous in character, though among them I have slipped two little masterpieces of miraculous simplicity (K32, K40) as well as a few compelling meditations (K8, K69, K144). Wandering from nostalgia to sorrow, as though improvised, these last, void of any pathos, are yet bathed in the radiant beauty of the sunny climes of Italy and Spain.” Alice Ader

Fuga Libera - FUG574

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Scarlatti - Highlights from the 'Complete Sonatas'

48 Favourite Sonatas

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K24 in A major

Keyboard Sonata K141 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K124 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K511 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K513 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K515 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K516 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K517 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K523 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major

Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K432 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K429 in A major

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K430 in D major

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K441 in B-flat major

Keyboard Sonata K447 in F sharp minor

Keyboard Sonata K314 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K370 in E flat major

Keyboard Sonata K122 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K123 in E flat major

Keyboard Sonata K126 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K134 in E major

Keyboard Sonata K251 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K137 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K57 in B flat major

Keyboard Sonata K492 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K491 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K490 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K520 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K239 in F minor

Keyboard Sonata K333 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K205 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K415 in D major

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K206 in E major

Keyboard Sonata K260 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K434 in D minor

played on the fortepiano

Keyboard Sonata K202 in B flat major

Keyboard Sonata K33 in D Major

Keyboard Sonata K9 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K56 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K147 in E minor

Keyboard Sonata K146 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K145 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K461 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K460 in C major

Keyboard Sonata K455 in G major

Richard Lester (harpsichord & fortepiano)

Nimbus Richard Lester Scarlatti Sonatas - NI5822

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Domenico Scarlatti - Sonatas Volume 3

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K213 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K214 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K227 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K511 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K8 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K56 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K526 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K468 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K525 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K466 in F minor

Keyboard Sonata K366 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K276 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K151 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K517 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K146 in G major

Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)

“Pierre Hantaï… beings… with one of the composer's most intimate pieces, the D minor Sonata, K213… Hantaï discovers its poetry in unhurried and reflective playing of great beauty. In striking contrast… is the D major Sonata, K511. Hantaï gives a dazzling account of it, exuding an irrepressible joie de vivre while preserving clarity of texture and demonstrating a cogency of thought.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2006 *****

“Pierre Hantai's third volume of Scarlatti is, once again, both beautifully programmed and recorded in an ideal acoustic” International Record Review

BBC Music Magazine

Instrumental Choice - March 2006

Mirare - MIR007

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$17.75

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Domenico Scarlatti - Sonatas

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K31 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K35 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K84 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K58 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K69 in F minor

Keyboard Sonata K517 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K61 in A minor

Keyboard Sonata K9 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K525 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K1 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K191 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K287 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K288 in D major

Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K56 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K99 in C minor

Keyboard Sonata K12 in G minor

Keyboard Sonata K30 in G minor 'Cat's Fugue'

Vincent Boucher (organ)

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) wrote 555 sonatas for harpsichord. Following the custom of the period, these sonatas may be played on various keyboard instruments. Scarlatti was not only a virtuoso harpsichordist but also an exceptional organist. Some sonatas, by virtue of their nature or of how they are written, are particularly well suited to the organ. Examples include certain preludes and fugues from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, which dates from the same period.

Vincent Boucher has chosen 18 sonatas which not only can be played on the organ, but on which he feels the organ sheds "a new and favorable light by virtue of its colorful registrations, the notes held and heard for their full duration, the doubling of low notes by the pedal, etc."

Vincent Boucher played these sonatas on the splendid Italian organ, made by Karl Wilhelm, of the Très-Saint-Rédempteur church in Montreal.