Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol. 1: The Power of Illusion

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Colli’s colouring of the music is imaginative, and he is often persuasive in his cantabile playing…Yet too often elsewhere his gestures seem exaggerated…In short, notwithstanding some splendid... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th May 2018
Catalogue No: CHAN10988
Label: Chandos
Length: 66 minutes

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K19 in F major

Work length7:02

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major

Work length5:31

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K9 in D minor

Work length4:36

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 234

Work length5:52

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K492 in D major

Work length3:58

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K322 in A major

Work length3:13

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K525 in F major

Work length2:14

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 39

Work length2:41

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 396

Work length3:15

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 450

Work length3:36

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Kk. 430

Work length3:14

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K1 in D minor

Work length2:31

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K197 in B minor

Work length6:18

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 69

Work length4:34

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K208 in A major

Work length6:11

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K32 in D minor

Work length1:39

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Federico Colli (piano)
Recorded: 3-5 July 2017
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

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Interview, Federico Colli on Domenico Scarlatti

5th June 2018

The Italian pianist talks to Katherine about The Power of Illusion, the first instalment of his projected survey of the Neapolitan composer's keyboard sonatas.

Recording of the Week, Federico Colli plays Domenico Scarlatti

4th May 2018

The Leeds International Piano Competition winner makes his debut on Chandos with a bold, inquisitive recital of the Neapolitan composer's keyboard sonatas.

Chandos' new exclusive collaboration with the recent Salzburg and Leeds competition winner Federico Colli is kicking off with this first volume in a unique Scarlatti series. Playing on a modern Steinway, the Italian pianist – internationally recognised for his intelligent, imaginative interpretations and impeccable technique – here explores the keyboard sonatas of Scarlatti, taking a fresh approach from a philosophical angle, by grouping the compositions into 'chapters' in order to reflect the many contrasts of his life and his contradictory personality. In personal booklet notes Colli reveals: 'I conceived a map of a journey into transcendental thought, beyond the works' phenomenological meaning. Each chapter has a title and the individual sonatas in each chapter refer back to the permeating image of its basic idea.' This album is an exceptional start to what promises to be an exciting, long-lasting partnership.

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August 2018

Colli’s colouring of the music is imaginative, and he is often persuasive in his cantabile playing…Yet too often elsewhere his gestures seem exaggerated…In short, notwithstanding some splendid moments…I am happier when the aesthetics of Scarlatti’s time are more closely adhered to.

July 2018

You can’t but marvel at the sheer quality of his playing – his trills the epitome of crispness, his repeated notes sounding absurdly easy, while his command of dynamic extremes is second to none. It’s impossible not to be impressed by his flair…If there’s a generalisation to be made, it’s perhaps that Colli is more convincing in the faster sonatas….Yet, at his finest, he is formidable.

July 2018

The pianist is brilliantly alive to Scarlatti’s infinite variety, mixing the familiar with the unfamiliar. His is an enthralling journey with a determination to open our minds and ears to all Scarlatti has to offer. Colli’s pinpoint brilliance is complemented by an inwardness that makes his curtain-raiser, KK19 in F minor, a particularly haunting experience. While his playing acknowledges the harpsichord’s glitter, he revels in the opportunities for colour and the most wide-ranging expression provided by a modern instrument. There may be moments when his verve and affection could be achieved by simpler, less heavily personalised means; yet his zest and commitment are hard to resist (try KK234 in G minor and KK396 in D minor).

4th May 2018

His empathy and infectious enthusiasm for this music are writ large in every phrase...through liberal use of rubato, ornamentation and dynamic contrasts, he’s keen to point up not only the staggering variety of Scarlatti’s invention, but also the radical qualities of a composer who not only blurred the boundaries between the Baroque and Classical styles but frequently pushed beyond both with writing that looks forward to Beethoven and even beyond.

4th June 2018

The young Italian is clearly as devoted to the baroque era’s second most famous claveciniste as, say, Angela Hewitt is to JS Bach...Whatever the end goal, this is going to be an exhilarating journey in Colli’s crisp, articulate and expressive hands…

17th June 2018

Colli’s virtuosity copes easily with the sonatas’ fiendish runs, snaps and awkward trills, capturing the Spanish (as in KK 492 in D), Italian, folk and dances influences that give these short, often curious pieces such flavour, wit and vitality. They sound pretty good on a Steinway Model D concert grand.

18th May 2018

18th-century Scarlatti all set up for the 21st, racing ahead with intoxicating vivacity, shimmering with poetry and painted a thousand colours...Roll on the next 16 sonatas, or the full remaining 539.

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Interview, Federico Colli on Domenico Scarlatti

Recording of the Week, Federico Colli plays Domenico Scarlatti

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