Scarlatti, Vol. 6
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
Hantaï never makes the mistake of tearing into these pieces and wrestling them. If the music itself seems to approach organised chaos in places, his playing is always controlled, seeking out...
Scarlatti, Vol. 6
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)
Purchase product
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
Hantaï never makes the mistake of tearing into these pieces and wrestling them. If the music itself seems to approach organised chaos in places, his playing is always controlled, seeking out...
About
No one is so eminently personal as Scarlatti: he obeys no rules but his own. When he arrived in Portugal at the age of thirty-four, he was still no more than a conventional composer, overshadowed by his father, even if he had made a reputation as an outstanding virtuoso. But the discovery of new cultures had a revelatory effect on him.
This volume 6 continues Pierre Hantaï’s exploration of the sonatas of Scarlatti.
Contents and tracklist
Awards and reviews
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Diapason d’OrNovember 2019Nouveauté
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2019Editor's Choice
December 2019
Hantaï never makes the mistake of tearing into these pieces and wrestling them. If the music itself seems to approach organised chaos in places, his playing is always controlled, seeking out lyricism and humanity, no matter how fast the notes fly… And when Scarlatti explicitly sings his soul, so does Hantaï…With every superb new release, the Frenchman is laying further claim to a position as perhaps the best Scarlatti harpsichordist of all.
