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Scarlatti & Ligeti: Continuum / Taylor

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Details

Composer
LIGETI SCARLATTI
Artist
Justin Taylor
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
May 25, 2018
Catalog #
Alpha399
UPC
3760014193996

About

Following his First Prize at the Bruges Competition and his first album, devoted to the Forqueray family (‘Choc’ of the Year in Classica, Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros), the Franco American harpsichordist Justin Taylor has recently been awarded the ‘Révélation Musicale’ Prize of the French Critics’ Circle. His career has developed rapidly, both as soloist (harpsichordist and also fortepianist) and as director of his ensemble, the Taylor Consort, with which Alpha will soon be recording... For his second recital, Justin Taylor juxtaposes Scarlatti and Ligeti, two composers whose periods and universes seem so remote from each other, yet who show numerous affinities: in their inventiveness, the virtuosity of their respective languages and their common urge to push the keyboard to its very limits. Continuum builds a bridgehead between these two hypersensitive composers by intertwining Ligeti’s three emblematic (and spectacular!) pieces for solo harpsichord with sonatas by Scarlatti.

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REVIEWS:

This disc from rising French harpsichordist Justin Taylor finds a perfect partner for the quirky Italian. The Scarlatti sonatas are almost all relatively familiar ones, but Taylor ensures that they sound fresh. With a technique both neat and quick. He spins the music in smoothly contoured paragraphs, adding tightly curling ornamentation here and there but without hindering the music’s natural flow and rolling energy. This disc is an exhilarating vindication of the harpsichord as a solo instrument for music old and new.

– Gramophone

What matters most is the brilliance of these composers and Taylor’s energetic execution, which will make listeners sit up and take notice. Alpha’s recorded sound is quite close to the harpsichord, so every detail is crisp, clean, and fully audible.

– AllMusic Guide (B. Sanderson)

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.141/L.422/P.271 03:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.141/L.422/P.271
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  2. 2 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.32/L.423/P.14 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.32/L.423/P.14
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  3. 3 Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.115/L.407/P.100 06:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.115/L.407/P.100
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  4. 4 Passacaglia ungherese 04:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    Passacaglia ungherese
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  5. 5 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.18/L.416/P.74 03:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.18/L.416/P.74
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  6. 6 Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.208/L.238/P.315 04:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.208/L.238/P.315
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  7. 7 Keyboard Sonata in A Minor, K.175/L.429/P.136 03:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in A Minor, K.175/L.429/P.136
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  8. 8 Hungarian Rock (Chaconne) 05:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    Hungarian Rock (Chaconne)
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  9. 9 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.492/L.14/P.443 03:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.492/L.14/P.443
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  10. 10 Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K.27/L.449/P.83 03:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K.27/L.449/P.83
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  11. 11 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.213/L.108/P.288 09:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.213/L.108/P.288
    Duration
    09:15
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  12. 12 Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.239/L.281/P.56 03:11
    Track
    12
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.239/L.281/P.56
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  13. 13 Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.519/L.475/P.445 02:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.519/L.475/P.445
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  14. 14 Continuum for Harpsichord 04:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    Continuum for Harpsichord
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor
  15. 15 Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.481/L.187/P.504 08:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.481/L.187/P.504
    Duration
    08:01
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Justin Taylor