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COMPOSERSCARLATTI, DOMENICO
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PERFORMERAnthony Di Bonaventura
Scarlatti: 14 Sonatas / Bonaventura
- Centaur Records
- May 1, 2003
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RELEASE DATEMay 01, 2003
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UPC044747278728
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CATALOG NUMBERCRC2787
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LABELCentaur Records
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NUMBER OF DISCS1
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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
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