CD album cover 'Domenico Scarlatti' (GEN 88131) with Tomoko Matsuoka

GEN 88131 EAN: 4260036251319

21.8.2008 Special offer
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Thrilling and full of intense passion, with feathery lightness and technical brilliance, and captivating in every note – these are the most telling qualities of the 16 sonatas by the great Italian-born composer Domenico Scarlatti on this new Genuin CD, and the interpretation by Japanese harpsichord soloist Tomoko Matsuoka mirrors just these qualities. She relishes in the technical challenges of the sonatas, difficulties once daunting to Scarlatti’s contemporaries. The wonderful sounds she elicits on the authentic Neuchâtel Ruckers harpsichord will win over the hearts of her audience. With each breath and each phrase, she shows that the Spanish-Italian minisodes are best performed on just this instrument. Can you already inhale the heady aromas of the Alhambra, can you feel the warmth of southern Spain, can you hear the sounds of a summer night? If not. Put this CD on...

Tomoko Matsuoka Harpsichord

Thrilling and full of intense passion, with feathery lightness and technical brilliance, and captivating in every note – these are the most telling qualities of the 16 sonatas by the great Italian-born composer Domenico Scarlatti on this new Genuin CD, and the interpretation by Japanese harpsichord soloist Tomoko Matsuoka mirrors just these qualities. She relishes in the technical challenges of the sonatas, difficulties once daunting to Scarlatti’s contemporaries. The wonderful sounds she elicits on the authentic Neuchâtel Ruckers harpsichord will win over the hearts of her audience. With each breath and each phrase, she shows that the Spanish-Italian minisodes are best performed on just this instrument. Can you already inhale the heady aromas of the Alhambra, can you feel the warmth of southern Spain, can you hear the sounds of a summer night? If not. Put this CD on...

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Tracklist

  1. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 1 in D minor
    Allegro
  2. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 2 in G major
    Presto
  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 3 in A minor
    Presto
  4. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 208 in A major
    Adagio e cantabile
  5. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 209 in A major
    Allegro
  6. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 212 in A major
    Allegro molto
  7. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 213 in D minor
    Andante
  8. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 214 in D major
    Allegro vivo
  9. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 146 in G major
  10. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 532 in A minor
    Allegro
  11. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 533 in A major
    Allegro assai
  12. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 462 in F minor
    Andante
  13. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 463 in F minor
    Molto allegro
  14. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 28 in E major
    Presto
  15. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 29 in A major
    Presto
  16. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
    Sonata K. 30 in G minor
    Fuga—Moderato

Thrilling and full of intense passion, with feathery lightness and technical brilliance, and captivating in every note – these are the most telling qualities of the 16 sonatas by the great Italian-born composer Domenico Scarlatti on this new Genuin CD, and the interpretation by Japanese harpsichord soloist Tomoko Matsuoka mirrors just these qualities. She relishes in the technical challenges of the sonatas, difficulties once daunting to Scarlatti’s contemporaries. The wonderful sounds she elicits on the authentic Neuchâtel Ruckers harpsichord will win over the hearts of her audience. With each breath and each phrase, she shows that the Spanish-Italian minisodes are best performed on just this instrument. Can you already inhale the heady aromas of the Alhambra, can you feel the warmth of southern Spain, can you hear the sounds of a summer night? If not. Put this CD on...