Scarlatti - 18 Keyboard Sonatas
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2138
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 1st April 2016
Contents
Works
Keyboard Sonata in A major, K208Keyboard Sonata in C major, K159 'La caccia'
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K56
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K99
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K29
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K119
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K479
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K9
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K32
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K141
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K213
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K417
Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K69
Keyboard Sonata in F sharp major, K318
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K125
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K425
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K12
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K373
Artists
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)Works
Keyboard Sonata in A major, K208Keyboard Sonata in C major, K159 'La caccia'
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K56
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K99
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K29
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K119
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K479
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K9
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K32
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K141
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K213
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K417
Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K69
Keyboard Sonata in F sharp major, K318
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K125
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K425
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K12
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K373
Artists
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)About
‘…performances of a superlative vitality and super-fine sensitivity. […] This is, arguably, among the finest, certainly most enjoyable of all Scarlatti recitals.’ – The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2010 on BISCD1508
Sound/Video
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1Sonata in D minor K417
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2Sonata in A major K208
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3Sonata in C major K159
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4Sonata in C minor K56
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5Sonata in D minor K213
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6Sonata in G major K125
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7Sonata in G minor K373
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8Sonata in D major K119
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9Sonata in F minor K69
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10Sonata in G major K425
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11Sonata in D major K29
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12Sonata in C minor K99
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13Sonata in G minor K12
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14Sonata in D major K479
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15Sonata in D minor K9
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16Sonata in F sharp major K318
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17Sonata in D minor K141
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18Sonata in D minor K32
Europadisc Review
Sudbin’s selection of eighteen sonatas is as close to perfection as you could imagine, ranging from familiar friends to rarities, from the virtuosic to the inward. In all of them, he demonstrates an ability to get inside the music, to know instinctively the ‘feel’ of each piece so as to bring out its best (where necessary with often daring enhancements) on the modern piano – in this case, a Steinway model D. Yet there’s never any sense that he’s taking liberties merely for the sake of it; instead he manages to delve deeper into the music, not least on the repeats, which are often radically transformed.
In the brighter sonatas, Sudbin unerringly captures the right tone, as in the deliciously buoyant ‘hunting’ music of the C major Sonata, K159. In virtuosic showpieces like K29 in D major or the relentless Hispanic bravura of K141 in D minor, he’s peerless among living pianists, sustaining a totally convincing narrative even in the shortest works. And he’s sufficiently immersed in the Scarlattian genre to be constantly alive to the many sound effects and allusions, such as the church bells and gunshots of K119, the street noises of K479, or the whirl of the dance in K425. Even the fugal sonata which opens the disc, K417 in D minor, sheds all vestiges of stuffy academia and in Sudbin’s hands becomes awash with colour.
But the litmus test arguably lies elsewhere, above all in the tender, aria-like works, K208 in A major and K318 in F sharp minor, which in these accounts are exquisitely fragile, like flowers suspended in mid-air. And how beautifully he varies the limpid textures of K213 on the repeats: this is very special, and perfectly offset by the lively but fabulously light K125 that follows. K99 in C minor, meanwhile, really does sound (as Sudbin puts it) ‘as melancholic, lean and desiccated as a sun-baked Mediterranean landscape’. The gypsy air of K32 inD minor is a beautifully-chosen ending to the recital, the ideal foil to the brilliance of what has gone before, combining nostalgia, sadness, regret and local colour.
Sudbin himself provides the exceptionally eloquent and perceptive booklet notes, reinforcing the abiding impression of the performances themselves: that this is music he loves and cares for. The recorded sound is sumptuous, the piano tone rich yet focused, and this is unquestionably the most captivating Scarlatti recital in decades, a celebration not so much of pianism as of the inexhaustible qualities of the music itself. Even the most die-hard of Baroque purists would be moved by this glorious disc. Superb in every respect!
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