Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas

Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas

Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas
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Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-03-29
Music Label: Bis
Soundtracks:
  1. Sonata for keyboard in B flat major, K. 545 (L. 500)
  2. Sonata for keyboard in F minor, K. 466 (L. 118)
  3. Sonata for keyboard in F minor, K. 365 (L. 480)
  4. Sonata for keyboard in D major, K. 435 (L. 361)
  5. Sonata for keyboard in B minor, K. 87 (L. 33)
  6. Sonata for keyboard in C major, K. 487 (L. 205)
  7. Sonata for keyboard in F sharp minor, K. 448 (L. 485)
  8. Sonata for keyboard in D major, K. 492 (L. 14)
  9. Sonata for keyboard in G minor, K. 30 (L. 499) ('The Cat's Fugue')
  10. Sonata for keyboard in G major, K. 455 (L. 209)
  11. Work(s): Sonata in G minor [No Kirkpatrick number]
  12. Sonata for keyboard in E major, K. 20 (L. 375) 'Capriccio'
  13. Sonata for keyboard in A major, K. 429 (L. 132) 'Barcarolle'
  14. Sonata for keyboard in G minor, K. 426 (L. 128)
  15. Sonata for keyboard in G major, K. 427 (L. 286)
  16. Sonata for keyboard in B minor, K. 197 (L. 147)
  17. Sonata for keyboard in B minor, K. 27 (L. 449)
  18. Sonata for keyboard in A major, K. 24 (L. 495)

Music reviews of Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas

Music Review: Sudbin's Debut Recording: A Necessary Scarlatti CD
Rating: 5 Stars

Yevgeny Sudbin was 25 when he made this recording of Scarlatti sonatas. Furthermore, he had not been playing the sonatas for years and years -- which rather surprised me, since his playing is so confident -- but rather had put together this program only after his agent had submitted to the BIS label a compilation disc that included only a couple of Scarlatti's sonatas, and BIS decided they wanted him to record an all-Scarlatti disc. He then systematically read through all 555 of Scarlatti's sonatas (or 'Essercizi,' as the composer called them) and whittled that number down to fifty and then finally the eighteen that are on the CD.

To say that these performances are startlingly good is something of an understatement. They are not only good, they are essential to any lover of Scarlatti. Granted, there are those who will only listen to the sonatas as played on a harpsichord and more power to them, but most of us don't mind at all hearing them on the piano and, further, most recordings of the sonatas these days are by pianists. There are some essential pianistic recordings, including Horowitz and Weissenberg (and some would include Pletnev and Babayan) but this disc wins the right to be shelved right up there with the big boys.

It is hard to know how to describe why Sudbin's playing is so wonderful, but I'll try. (It's a shame that Amazon has not seen fit to include audio clips from the CD. You'd hear immediately what I'm talking about without having to read my verbiage.) From the very beginning of the first track -- Sonata in B Flat, K. 545 -- you hear that the pianist molds each phrase with extreme musicality, both in phrasing and dynamic variation. This is, of course, done from the perspective of the piano, not the harpsichord; in my opinion, too many pianists try to make the piano sound like a harpsichord, ignoring or trying to hide the essential tonal qualities of the instrument. One might say that Sudbin's approach is Romantic, but that's actually not the case; what it is is unabashedly pianistic, and that suggests gestures that only began in the late 18th century with Mozart and early Beethoven. This is, in my opinion, all to the good. And it also allows Sudbin to tells stories with his playing. By that I mean he can attempt a narrative or limn an emotional tone by variations in touch, legato, dynamics and phrasing, and if that sounds romantic, so be it. What really strikes me is that Sudbin is able to differentiate the individual sonatas so that, unlike so often on the harpsichord, they don't all sound alike.

Like many others who have recorded selections from the sonatas, Sudbin has arranged his selection to maximize contrast between consecutive pieces. For instance, Track 1 (K. 545) is a celebration, and the following sonata (K. 466) is reflective, inward, pensive and tender but not melancholy. And so on. He has tended to choose later sonatas but includes one of Scarlatti's rare fugal sonatas (K. 30) and he ends with two other early works, K. 27 and K. 24).

Technically, Sudbin's playing is beyond reproach. But equally important is his ability to get to the heart of each sonata and bring out its unique qualities. This all adds up to an amazingly assured, even important, début disc. BIS knows a good thing when they hear it: Sudbin has since recorded a disc of Rachmaninoff for them and word has it that there will be a release the First Concertos of Tchaikovsky and Medtner.

Yevgeny Sudbin is definitely a name to remember. It's hard to recall a début disc that made such an impression as this one.

Scott Morrison
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