Scarlatti & The Neapolitan Song - Sonatas & Canzonas / Calandra, Cera
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Scarlatti & The Neapolitan Song - Sonatas & Canzonas / Calandra, Cera

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Composer
SCARLATTI VINCI PERGOLESI L
Artist
Calandra, Cera
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 26, 2013
Catalog #
BRI94488
UPC
5028421944883

About

Domenico Scarlatti, the sixth child of the celebrated composer Alessandro Scarlatti, was a prolific keyboard composer, and is best known today for his 555 sonatas for keyboard. Domenico was employed by various members of European royalty and nobility in Italy, Spain and Portugal throughout his career. His style was unusual and innovative, but very few of his works were published during his lifetime.

The disc combines several of Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas with Neapolitan songs by various composers of the era, exploring the influences of these songs on Scarlatti’s sonatas. Scarlatti’s style is notable for its improvisatory nature as well as its incorporation of elements of Spanish and Portuguese folk music (the composer having spent time in Lisbon, Seville and Madrid), and among the Neapolitan songs featured on the disc is the immensely popular Lo guarracino, a fast?talking and high?spirited number that narrates the story of a fish, and the lilting La Nova Gelosia. Two extracts from operas – ‘So’ li sorbe e le nespole amare’ from Leonardo Vinci’s Lo cecato fauzo and ‘Chi disse ca la femmena’ from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Lo frate ‘nnamorato – are also present, both of which feature a light?hearted portrayal of women. Out of the many versions of the song Quanno nascette ninno, the one by the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare was chosen for this disc, thanks to its fascinating minor modulation.

Acclaimed harpsichordist Francesco Cera is considered one of Italy’s foremost interpreters of early music. He has toured all over the world and his recordings include interpretations of 17th?century keyboard sonatas, French suites and harpsichord concertos by J.S. Bach. Italian soprano Letizia Calandro’s repertoire includes Neapolitan songs alongside the more traditional oeuvres of the Classical and Baroque periods. Having studied at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, she won the Spoleto Award and has performed the lead role in operas by composers as diverse as Monteverdi, Mozart and Verdi.

OTHER INFORMATION:
* New recording, recorded September 2009, Chisea di S. Anatolia, Colle di Tora, Rieti, Italy.
* Extensive liner notes included in English and Italian.
* Sung texts available on the Brilliant Classics website.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.259/L.103/P.469 03:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.259/L.103/P.469
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  2. 2 Lo guarracino 05:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    Lo guarracino
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Letizia Calandra, Michele Pasotti, Francesco Cera
  3. 3 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.214/L.165/P.430 03:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.214/L.165/P.430
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  4. 4 So li ssorbe e le nespole amare 02:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    So li ssorbe e le nespole amare
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Leonardo Vinci
    Performer
    Letizia Calandra, Francesco Cera
  5. 5 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.9/L.413/P.65 04:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.9/L.413/P.65
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  6. 6 Lo frate 'nnamorato: Chi disse cà la femmena 02:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Lo frate 'nnamorato: Chi disse cà la femmena
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
    Performer
    Letizia Calandra, Francesco Cera
  7. 7 Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.176/L.163/P.163 03:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.176/L.163/P.163
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  8. 8 Michelemmà 02:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Michelemmà
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Letizia Calandra, Francesco Cera
  9. 9 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.153/L.445/P.235 01:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.153/L.445/P.235
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  10. 10 La nova gelosia 02:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    La nova gelosia
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Letizia Calandra, Francesco Cera
  11. 11 Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.174/L.410/P.149 05:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K.174/L.410/P.149
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  12. 12 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.241/L.180/P.431 02:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.241/L.180/P.431
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  13. 13 Quanno nascette Ninno 04:49
    Track
    13
    Title
    Quanno nascette Ninno
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Letizia Calandra, Francesco Cera
  14. 14 Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.513/L.S3/P.176 04:03
    Track
    14
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.513/L.S3/P.176
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera
  15. 15 Facimmo mo l'amore - No quarto d'ora 02:27
    Track
    15
    Title
    Facimmo mo l'amore - No quarto d'ora
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Letizia Calandra, Francesco Cera
  16. 16 Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.202/L.498/P.173 04:04
    Track
    16
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.202/L.498/P.173
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Francesco Cera