Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Performer: Eylam Keshet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573713
Release: 2019
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Keyboard Sonata K204b in F minor
02. Keyboard Sonata K367 in F major
03. Keyboard Sonata K248 in B flat major
04. Keyboard Sonata K131 in B flat minor
05. Keyboard Sonata K338 in G major
06. Keyboard Sonata K285 in A major
07. Keyboard Sonata K97 in G minor
08. Keyboard Sonata K305 in G major
09. Keyboard Sonata K228 in B flat major
10. Keyboard Sonata K204a in F minor
11. Keyboard Sonata K154 in B flat major
12. Keyboard Sonata K352 in D major
13. Keyboard Sonata K300 in A major
14. Keyboard Sonata K267 in B flat major
15. Keyboard Sonata K83 in A major
16. Keyboard Sonata K178 in D major
17. Keyboard Sonata K321 in A major
18. Keyboard Sonata K56 in C minor
When his pupil, the Infanta Maria Bárbara married the heir to the Spanish throne, Domenico Scarlatti travelled with her from Lisbon to Madrid, a move that led to the completion of hundreds of single-movement sonatas or exercises (‘Essercizi’ ). Designed for her to play, and containing some of his greatest music, the sonatas offer a plethora of features that have ensured their lasting popularity and influence. In this volume one can encounter effortless use of repetition, imitation and arpeggio figuration, dynamic left-hand octave writing and hand crossing, some, as in the Sonata in C minor, of spectacular velocity.