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D. Scarlatti: Sonatas
Brilliant Classics

D. Scarlatti: Sonatas

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Details

Composer
SCARLATTI, DOMENICO
Artist
Nicola Reniero
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jun 07, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95817
UPC
5028421958170

About

Played by the right hands, the astonishing freshness of invention of Scarlatti’s sonatas emerges with no less brilliance on the piano than his intended harpsichord. So why not the organ, too? In fact, Scarlatti probably intended only three of his 555 surviving keyboard sonatas specifically for an organ. Yet even on the instruments of his own time, in churches and chapels across Europe and especially his native Italy and adopted home of Spain, the palette of colors offered by a well-appointed organ brings these vibrantly colored works to life without any fear of them being obscured by clouds of bass pedal or resonance. Organist Nicola Reniero explains that his selection of 19 sonatas concentrates on particularly intricate or individual examples of polyphony and fugue where the organ’s diversity of register and color may be thought to excel. He does so, however, without neglecting the principle that in Scarlatti’s music almost everything is vocal and theatrical: the introduction is like the curtain that rises; the themes are the characters, and the various sections of the piece are like scenes of a wordless drama. Reniero has chosen to avoid the kind of echo effects which would be a conventional way to introduce contrast between phrases: “I have tried instead to emphasize the originality of the harmonies or the characters of famous themes.” The album closes with the most spectacular of all Scarlatti’s fugues, K417 in D minor. It is a stunning piece not only on account of the frenzied finale and the unexpected change of scene that comes about halfway through the piece, but above all for the boundless energy that pervades it throughout. For this new recording, Reniero plays the organ of the Duomo di Desenzano in the town of Garda, a two-manual instrument first reconstructed by the Serassi Brothers and then restored and partially rebuilt by Marco Fratti in 2014.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.284/L.90/P.169: Allegro 02:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.284/L.90/P.169: Allegro
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  2. 2 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K. 283/L.318/P.482 04:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K. 283/L.318/P.482
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  3. 3 Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, K.263/L.321/P.283 05:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, K.263/L.321/P.283
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  4. 4 Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.513/L.S3/P.176 02:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.513/L.S3/P.176
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  5. 5 Keyboard Sonata in F Major, K.276/L.S20/P.433 04:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Major, K.276/L.S20/P.433
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  6. 6 Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.183/L.473/P.150 04:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.183/L.473/P.150
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  7. 7 Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.58/L.158/P.39 03:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.58/L.158/P.39
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  8. 8 Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.69/L.382/P.42 04:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.69/L.382/P.42
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  9. 9 Keyboard Sonata in F Major, K.82/L.30/P.25 03:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Major, K.82/L.30/P.25
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  10. 10 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.92/L.362/P.44 04:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.92/L.362/P.44
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  11. 11 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.294/L.67/P.470 04:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.294/L.67/P.470
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  12. 12 Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.93/L.336/P.38 03:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.93/L.336/P.38
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  13. 13 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.328/L.S27/P.485 05:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.328/L.S27/P.485
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  14. 14 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.287/L.S9/P.310 01:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.287/L.S9/P.310
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  15. 15 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.288/L.57/P.311 01:43
    Track
    15
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.288/L.57/P.311
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  16. 16 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.281/L.56/P.289 03:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.281/L.56/P.289
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  17. 17 Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K.87/L.33/P.43 05:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K.87/L.33/P.43
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  18. 18 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.415/L.S11/P.175 01:45
    Track
    18
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.415/L.S11/P.175
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero
  19. 19 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.417/L.462/P.40 05:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.417/L.462/P.40
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Nicola Reniero