Scarlatti: 14 Sonatas / Bonaventura

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Label
Centaur Records
Release Date
May 1, 2003
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCARLATTI, DOMENICO
    • PERFORMER
      Anthony Di Bonaventura
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 01, 2003
    • UPC
      044747278728
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CRC2787
    • LABEL
      Centaur Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.523/L.490/P.527

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    2. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.487/L.205/P.421

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    3. Keyboard Sonata in A-Flat Major, K.127/L.186/P.198

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    4. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K.216/L.273/P.320

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    5. Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.302/L.7/P.279

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    6. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.519/L.475/P.445

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    7. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.551/L.396/P.555

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    8. Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, K.474/L.203/P.502

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    9. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.527/L.458/P.531

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    10. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K.46/L.25/P.179

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    11. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.208/L.238/P.315

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    12. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K.239/L.281/P.56

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    13. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.45/L.265/P.230

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    14. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.39/L.391/P.53

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti


As ever, Mr. di Bonaventura plays with pristine clarity, exquisite technique and impeccable musicianship. He has long had a special affinity for Scarlatti's single-movement sonatas. For this program of 14 works he has chosen some of the less familiar sonatas, like the capricious A flat (K. 127), an elusive piece that keeps shifting moods: by turns playful, episodic and curious. Mr. di Bonaventura vividly conveys the fanfares, hunting calls and Spanish-influenced dance rhythms that run through this music, as in the jocular Sonata in E (K. 216). And he elegantly articulates Scarlatti's intricate contrapuntal writing, which threads through boldly shifting modes and keys in these inventive pieces. The pensive and elegant Sonata in C minor (K. 302) comes across as a work of astounding nobility and harmonic ingenuity. This recording is worth the wait. -- ANTHONY TOMMASINI, The New York Times 11/11/2007