Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie
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Composer: Alessandro ScarlattiComposer: Domenico Scarlatti
Conductor: Fabio Biondi
Performer: Europa Galante
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Sinfonia Avanti La Serenata 'Clori, Dorino E Amore': I. Largo
- Sinfonia Avanti La Serenata 'Clori, Dorino E Amore': II. Presto
- Sinfonia Avanti La Serenata 'Clori, Dorino E Amore': III. Minuet
- Sinfonia Avanti La Serenata 'Clori, Dorino E Amore': IV. Grave
- Sinfonia In C Major: I. Presto
- Sinfonia In C Major: II. Andante E Staccato
- Sinfonia In C Major: III. Allegrissimo
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.1 In F Minor: I. Grave
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.1 In F Minor: II. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.1 In F Minor: III. Largo
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.1 In F Minor: IV. Allemande (Allegro)
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.2 In C Minor: I. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.2 In C Minor: II. Grave
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.2 In C Minor: III. Minueto
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.3 In F Major: I. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.3 In F Major: II. Largo
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.3 In F Major: III. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.3 In F Major: IV. Largo
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.3 In F Major: V. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.4 In G Minor: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.4 In G Minor: II. Grave
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.4 In G Minor: III. Vivace
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.5 In D Minor: I. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.5 In D Minor: II. Grave
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.5 In D Minor: III. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Grosso No.5 In D Minor: IV. Minuet (Molto Veloce)
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.6 In E Major: I. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.6 In E Major: II. Allegro
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.6 In E Major: III. Largo
- Sei Concerti In Sette Parti: Concerto Gross No.6 In E Major: IV. Affettuoso
- Sinfonia A 3 In G Major: I. Allegrissimo
- Sinfonia A 3 In G Major: II. Grave
- Sinfonia A 3 In G Major: III. Allegrissimo
- Sinfonia In A Minor: I. Allegrissimo
- Sinfonia In A Minor: II. Adagio
- Sonata (Concerto IX) In A Minor: I. Allegro
- Sonata (Concerto IX) In A Minor: II. Largo
- Sonata (Concerto IX) In A Minor: III. Fuga
- Sonata (Concerto IX) In A Minor: IV. Piano
- Sonata (Concerto IX) In A Minor: V. Allegro
Music reviews of Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie
Music Review: Forgotten Master Reappraised
Rating: 5 Stars
The world became a poorer place when the Italians stopped writing counterpoint. This disk captures the solemn ceremonial joy of the Concerto Grosso form as developed by Archangelo Corelli and expanded here by Alessandro Scarlatti. Scarlatti was unique in several respects, a Baroque Sicilian writing in Italy, a successful Operatic and Choral composer who, in mid-career produced this set of finely wrought and introspective concerti grossi, at a time when such instrumental works were seen as a mere obligatory adjunct in preparation for Operatic composition- the purview of young composers eager to demonstrate their competence. We don't know why such a successful vocal composer would suddenly turn to instrumental writing, or how it was these pieces emerged so intimate and personal in character, but we can be grateful that they did.
Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante shine in some of their best performances to date, transporting the listener back to the marbled palaces and cathedrals of Eighteenth Century Italy. Their respect and admiration for this music and this composer is obvious; their playing graced with the conviction that the music of the elder Scarlatti needs no excuses or elaborate interpretation to demonstrate its quality.
Included on the disk are several short works by the younger Scarlatti, Domenico, whose concerti and sinfoni seem rather shallow and perfunctory in comparison to those of his Father. Even so, the comparison between the two generations of Scarlatti is both entertaining and informative.
These are among the greatest Baroque Concerti, and at the same time among the least appreciated. There is polyphony here to delight the Baroque Music Lover, lively, inspired and elegant. My particular favorite is the F Minor Concerto, towards the beginning of the disk, which begins with an Adagio that breaks over the listener like a prayer, and then resolves into a captivating fugue that features some surprisingly modern accent displacement, at once venerable and thoroughly original. If you have grown tired of Vivaldi's overt simplicity and are eager for a composer of genius to counterbalance the great German Masters, Alessandro Scarlatti is your man. His concertos are not numerous, but, such as they are, fully worthy of inclusion in the repertoire of Baroque Instrumental Masterpieces.
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