Scarlatti: A Man of Genius

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
October 4, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Domenico Scarlatti
    • PERFORMER
      Francesco Corti
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 04, 2024
    • UPC
      3760195735688
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A568
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.213/L.108/P.288

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    2. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.214/L.165/P.430

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

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

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    4. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.209/L.428/P.209

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    5. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.248/L.S35/P.187

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    6. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.249/L.39/P.424

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    7. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K.215/L.323/P.281

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

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

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    9. Keyboard Sonata in A Minor, K.217/L.42/P.287

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    10. Keyboard Sonata in A Minor, K.218/L.392/P.237

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    11. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.242/L.202/P.243

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    12. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.243/L.353/P.394

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    13. Keyboard Sonata in B Major, K.244/L.348/P.298

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    14. Keyboard Sonata in B Major, K.245/L.450/P.299

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    15. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.219/L.393/P.278

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti

    16. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, K.220/L.342/P.309

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Francesco Corti


Having dedicated his first two albums for Arcana to Johann Sebastian Bach (Little Books, A480) and Georg Friedrich Handel (Winged Hands, A499), Francesco Corti turns to Domenico Scarlatti, the third great keyboardist of the 1685 generation. For this recording, he selected a group of sonatas copied in the years 1752 and 1753, strictly organised in pairs. Concentrating on works from the same period, it showcases the composer's extraordinary ability to stretch the boundaries of the sonata form and to extensively elaborate his thematic material. Instrumental virtuosity and an experimental approach to the harpsichord sound go hand in hand with an astonishing formal freedom, combined with a playful sense of structure and expectation. Corti has chosen to perform these sonatas on a Humeau harpsichord, a copy of Italian models (courtesy of Bertrand Cuiller), and record them at the Royaumont Abbey.