Andreina Di Girolamo interprets Domenico Scarlatti’s vibrant two-harpsichord sonatas in this captivating CD recording.

Description

Title: Scarlatti: Sonate a due clavicembali
Artist: Andreina Di Girolamo
Label: Tactus Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8007194108040
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-11-21
Number of Discs: 1
For many decades, students of Domenico Scarlatti, including me, have been debating about the relationship between most of Scarlatti’s Sonatas and Flamenco dance. Silvia Rambaldi and Andreina Di Girolamo deserve our praise for presenting a practical demonstration that moves beyond the boundary of words, uniting dance and harpsichord performance, by means of the collaboration of the dancer Rita Marchesini, who is an expert on both Baroque and Flamenco dance. And since very often within certain Sonatas there is an alternation between the Andalusian style and the Italian one, the dancer, with her performance, demonstrates that it is possible to “play” with both styles appropriately. (Emilia Fadini) This interesting production on the harpsichord sonatas “encrypted” by Domenico Scarlatti is accompanied by a DVD rom containing the video of the sonatas for two harpsichords filmed in the performance “La festa dorata dell’anima”, in which Rita Marchesini (historical dance and flamenco) and Alberto Rodriguez (Andalusian guitarist) join the harpsichordists Andreina di Girolamo and Silvia Rambaldi in this “field demonstration” of the influence of Italian and Spanish dance on the works of the great composer. The comments in the interview with the late Emilia Fadini are not to be missed.
Tracks:
1.1 Sonata in Sol maggiore, K 91~Grave
1.2 Sonata in Sol maggiore, K 91~Allegro
1.3 Sonata in Sol maggiore, K 91~Grave
1.4 Sonata in Sol maggiore, K 91~Allegro
1.5 Sonata in Mi minore, K 81~Grave
1.6 Sonata in Mi minore, K 81~Allegro
1.7 Sonata in Mi minore, K 81~Grave
1.8 Sonata in Mi minore, K 81~Allegro
1.9 Sonata in Do minore, K 73~Allegro
1.10 Sonata in Do minore, K 73~Minuetto 1e Minuetto II
1.11 Sonata in Re minore, K 89~Allegro
1.12 Sonata in Re minore, K 89~Grave – Allegro
1.13 Sonate in Sol maggiore, K 79. Allegrissimo
1.14 Sonate in Sol maggiore, K 80. Minuet
1.15 Sonata in Sol minore, K 88~Grave – Andante moderato
1.16 Sonata in Sol minore, K 88~Allegro
1.17 Sonata in Sol minore, K 88~Minuet
1.18 Sonata in Re minore, K 90~Grave
1.19 Sonata in Re minore, K 90~Allegro
1.20 Sonata in Re minore, K 90~(Senza indicazione di tempo)
1.21 Sonata in Re minore, K 90~Allegro

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