D. Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol 5 / Benjamin Frith

$19.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 1, 2003
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCARLATTI
    • PERFORMER
      Benjamin, Frith
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2003
    • UPC
      636943479223
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8554792
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.461/L.8/P.324: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    2. Keyboard Sonata in F Major, K.82/L.30/P.25

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    3. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.266/L.48/P.251: Andante

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    4. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.284/L.90/P.169: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    5. Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, K.507/L.113/P.478: Andantino cantabile

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    6. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.214/L.165/P.430: Allegro vivo

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    7. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.404/L.222/P.436: Andante

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    8. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.124/L.232/P.110: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    9. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.536/L.236/P.540: Cantabile

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    10. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.494/L.287/P.444: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    11. Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.546/L.312/P.550: Cantabile

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    12. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.113/L.345/P.160: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    13. Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K.227/L.347/P.52: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    14. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.26/L.368/P.82: Presto

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    15. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.548/L.404/P.552: Allegretto

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    16. Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.37/L.406/P.2: Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Benjamin Frith


Benjamin Frith is no stranger to Naxos customers, having previously graced the catalog with a Mendelssohn cycle, John Field's Nocturnes, and other releases. Here he makes his first (and hopefully not last) appearance in Naxos' ongoing series devoted to the complete Scarlatti Sonatas. The playing is splendid. Frith's varied and intelligently deployed dynamic palette, together with his rounded, singing tone, conjures an intimate, poetic aura that's diametrically opposed to the brash, vivacious sound world Mikhail Pletnev brings to this repertoire. I like how Frith keeps the textures alive and vibrant by making very subtle changes in voicing on the repeats (the bass lines and trills in the D major K. 214 sonata, for instance). His unruffled, effortless scales and arpeggios may not bite with the individuality of a Horowitz or Schiff, but their elegant symmetry still delights the ear. With Naxos' first-class sonics, fine notes, and modest price, you can't go wrong. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com