{"product_id":"la-sophie-popular-harpsichord-music-sophie-yates-227102","title":"'La Sophie' - Popular Harpsichord Music \/ Sophie Yates","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded in: St Bartholemew's Church, Orford, Suffolk 11-13 December 1995 Producer(s) Gary Cole Sound Engineer(s) Gary Cole Richard Smoker (Assistant)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYates shows lots of vivacity as well as the crisp neatness we have come to expect of her. The finale of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eItalian Concerto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, for example, simply bubbles with joyousness, as does the exuberant bravura A major Sonata by Scarlatti. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe is admirably precise in the Rameau gavotte and variations, direct and simple in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe coucou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, brings real brio to the Courante of the Handel suite (she treats its Allemande rather freely); her performance of the unusually shaped C major Sonata by Scarlatti – a quiet pastoral followed by rural bagpiping and then noisy revelry – is excellent. But to me one of the highlights of her recital is Duphly’s superb melancholy rondeau: I have heard it played with greater \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egravitas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, but it is entirely convincing in her hands; and the much-employed low register of her Goujon-type harpsichord sounds very fine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chandos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46027624874218,"sku":"095115059821","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/106827.jpg?v=1778347213","url":"https:\/\/arkivmusic.com\/products\/la-sophie-popular-harpsichord-music-sophie-yates-227102","provider":"ArkivMusic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}