Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti began his compositional career following in the footsteps of his father Alessandro Scarlatti by writing operas, chamber cantatas, and other vocal music, but he is most remembered for his 555 keyboard sonatas, written between approximately 1719 and 1757.
It is believed that Domenico received most of his musical training from family members, but his father was the dominant figure in his life. It was Alessandro who arranged Domenico's first appointment, as organist and composer for Naples' Cappella Reale, and wanted him to continue with vocal music despite the enormous talent he had shown for keyboard music. Domenico was sent to Venice in 1705, where he met Handel, and in 1708 to Rome to become maestro di cappella to the exiled queen of Poland, Maria Casimira, and later, head of the Cappella Giulia. In these positions, he composed his operas and serenatas, and some sacred vocal works. It was also in Rome where he developed a friendship with the Portuguese ambassador, the Marquis de Fontes, which eventually led to Scarlatti's being appointed master of the royal chapel by João V of Portugal in 1719. Scarlatti was also teacher to the royal family, particularly princess Maria Barbara. Scarlatti had already written approximately 50 keyboard pieces before coming to Lisbon, but wrote many more for his students, which also included Carlos de Seixas. When Maria Barbara married Spanish prince Ferdinando, Scarlatti followed her to Spain. His first publication, 30 sonatas called "Essercizi," was issued in 1738 and sold throughout Europe. Although as King and Queen, Ferdinando and Maria Barbara introduced opera into Spain's cultural life, Scarlatti did not write any for them. However, he did assist in their private musical soirées, again writing cantatas and working with singers such as the castrato Farinelli. Scarlatti also continued to teach, and, in the last six years of his life, concentrated on organizing his sonatas in manuscripts. These one-movement sonatas are recognized as cornerstones of the keyboard repertoire, a bridge between the Baroque and the galant styles of keyboard writing. They demonstrate his facility in adapting rhythms found in contemporary Iberian popular music and his inventiveness in creating themes and developing interesting harmonies, and like Bach's music, have been performed on many instruments other than harpsichord, piano, or organ.
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Scarlatii: Sonatas for Harpsichord
Classical - Lançado por CRD Records em 01/01/1981
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Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina
Classical - Lançado por OBS - Prometeo em 01/05/2010
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Scarlatti Illuminated
Classical - Lançado por Onyx Classics em 11/02/2013
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Scarlatti: Sonatas
Classical - Lançado por Satirino Records em 05/10/2002
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Sonia Rubinsky: Sonatas de Scarlatti
Classical - Lançado por Arabesque Recordings em 28/10/2016
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Scarlatti: Miserere (Digitally Remastered)
Classical - Lançado por EMG Classical em 17/02/2015
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Domenico Scarlatti Essential Recordings
Classical - Lançado por UME - Global Clearing House em 26/10/2022
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Domenico Scarlatti: Selected Harpsichord Sonatas
Classical - Lançado por Arabesque Recordings em 21/10/2016
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Scarlatti - Great Sonatas
Classical - Lançado por UME - Global Clearing House em 07/11/2020
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Baroque Keyboard
Louis Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Domenico Scarlatti
Classical - Lançado por UME - Global Clearing House em 05/03/2021
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De La Musica Antigua Al Barroco
Tomaso Albinoni, Arcangelo Corelli, Domenico Scarlatti
Classical - Lançado por Bomerang Records em 07/08/2020
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George Walker in Recital
Classical - Lançado por Albany Records em 01/07/1994
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The Siena Pianoforte
Classical - Lançado por Counterpoint - Esoteric Records em 06/07/2016
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Sonatas at Harpsichord (K201-K240)
Classical - Lançado por Camila Pinto Pereira em 03/05/2018
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: The Warsaw Recital - 1955
Classical - Lançado por Altara em 01/01/2005
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Scarlatti - Essentials
Classical - Lançado por UME - Global Clearing House em 17/04/2021
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Scarlatti: Essercizi Sonatas, K. 1-15
Chamber Music - Lançado por Arabesque Recordings em 11/02/2014
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Berman Plays Haydn, Handel, Liszt and More
Classical - Lançado por Pipeline Music em 30/11/2006
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Sopra Scarlatti (Cantate à voce sola di soprano di Domenico Scarlatti 1685 - 1757)
Classical - Lançado por ARSIS em 20/07/2008
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Sonate K. 87
Classical - Lançado por soundnotation em 13/07/2022
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Dramatique
Classical - Lançado por Aliso Records em 15/09/2018
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