Even among confirmed period-instrument fans, the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti seem to point toward modern pianism. For one thing, some of his music was apparently played on an early fortepiano. And more importantly, the music itself was radical in its time, shattering the block architecture of Baroque music in search of a variety of moods and effects. All this granted, these performances of 16 Scarlatti sonatas, confidently designated as piano works, enter entirely new realms. Charismatic, curly-haired young Italian ...
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Even among confirmed period-instrument fans, the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti seem to point toward modern pianism. For one thing, some of his music was apparently played on an early fortepiano. And more importantly, the music itself was radical in its time, shattering the block architecture of Baroque music in search of a variety of moods and effects. All this granted, these performances of 16 Scarlatti sonatas, confidently designated as piano works, enter entirely new realms. Charismatic, curly-haired young Italian pianist Federico Colli brings Scarlatti all the way into Romantic piano territory, varying the tempo, applying the pedal, and including several of the names added by 19th century pianist Hans von Bülow. He even furnishes his own notes, explaining the program's division of the sonatas into phases titled with such thoroughly Romantic concepts as "The Power of Illusion," "Live Happily!," "The Return to Order," and "Enchantment and Prayer." Colli relates these to themes in Scarlatti's life, a...
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