Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples, the son of the famous composer Alessandro Scarlatti. Domenico found his own voice through the miniature art of the Baroque sonata - composing about 555. Interestingly only thirty sonatas were published during his lifetime. As an Italian artist, Scarlatti took the opportunity to explore Spanish folk music and popular rhythms in their original form when he moved to Spain. His sonatas vividly reflect the colorful and emotional Iberian way of life: the fire of flamenco, the click of castanets, the strumming of guitars and the thump of muffled drums. And yet they manage to retain many Italian elements, not infrequently preserving the bel canto style. Notes by Yevgeny Sudbin
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 545 Play
Recorded on 11/13/2019, uploaded on 04/03/2020
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Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples, the son of the famous composer Alessandro Scarlatti. Domenico found his own voice through the miniature art of the Baroque sonata - composing about 555. Interestingly only thirty sonatas were published during his lifetime. As an Italian artist, Scarlatti took the opportunity to explore Spanish folk music and popular rhythms in their original form when he moved to Spain. His sonatas vividly reflect the colorful and emotional Iberian way of life: the fire of flamenco, the click of castanets, the strumming of guitars and the thump of muffled drums. And yet they manage to retain many Italian elements, not infrequently preserving the bel canto style. Notes by Yevgeny Sudbin
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Sonata in e minor, K. 98
Sonata in B minor L.33 K.87
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Sonata in G Minor
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Sonata in D Major, K. 479
Sonata in G Major, K. 455
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Mazurka in C Major, Op. 24, No. 2
Mazurka in C Major, Op. 56, No. 2
Mazurka in F Major, Op. 68, No. 3
Scherzo No. 3 in c-sharp minor, Op. 39
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