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The American pianist Sean Kennard (b.1984) is the latest to perform in the ongoing Naxos series of the complete keyboard works of Domenico Scarlatti. Kennard received his early education in Hawaii and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music. He has won several competitions including the Queen Elizabeth Competition (Belgium), the Sendai International Competition (Japan), and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition (United States). He has recorded an earlier CD with music by Chopin and Stravinsky.
It is always a delight to hear works in the Scarlatti series, both to explore Scarlatti's extensive output of over 550 sonatas and to hear rising young performers. This CD fulfills both aims. The CD includes 18 sonatas numbered from K. 311 to K. 543. The works on the CD are grouped by keys, with a set of five works in G, and group of five works in F, and a subsequent pair of works in F. The works on the CD tend to be on the fast, flashy side, with several in the form of a toccata.
Kennard offers a pianistic, controlled reading of this music. He takes rapid tempos without calling attention to himself. He offers fluent running scale passages and well as convincing staccato sections. He balances carefully between the right and left hand. The use of the pedal is light, making the readings on the dry side. He has thought through and enjoyed this music, and he plays it well.
The CD is fun and lively. With the sonatas full of fast scales and passagework, I particularly enjoyed the sonata in D major, K. 490, with its singing, reflective style, and the winsome late sonata, in C major, K. 527. The final work of the program, the sonata in F. major, K. 418, a rapid toccata, also is a highlight. Most of the works on the CD are likely to be unfamiliar to listeners who have not made a special study of Scarlatti, but they are rewarding to hear and to get to know.
Brief comments by Keith Anderson on each sonata are included in the liner notes. This CD will probably be of most interest to listeners who are following the Naxos Scarlatti series or to those who want to hear new pianistic talent.
