Essential Scarlatti by Colin Booth Colin Booth : Essential Scarlatti.
 Solo harpsichord music.

Domenico Scarlatti is well-known as one of the greatest, perhaps THE greatest harpsichord virtuoso who ever lived. He wrote over 550 sonatas, but only a few of these are well-known today. Essential Scarlatti offers several of these, plus some of Colin Booth's other favourites, which combine to show the varied character of the great genius. Some are soulful, others dramatic, and others again, breathtakingly virtuosic.
Songs:

1. Sonata in E Major K380 Andante (Domenico Scarlatti)
2. Sonata in E Major K215 Andante (Domenico Scarlatti)
3. Sonata in E Major K46 Presto (Domenico Scarlatti)
4. Sonata in D Minor-Major K213 Andante (minor) (Domenico Scarlatti)
5. Sonata in D Minor-Major K278 Con velocita (major) (Domenico Scarlatti)
6. Sonata in G Major K259 Andante (Domenico Scarlatti)
7. Sonata in G Major K260 Allegro (Domenico Scarlatti)
8. Sonata in B Minor K87 (Domenico Scarlatti)
9. Sonata in C Major K132 Cantabile (Domenico Scarlatti)
10. Sonata in C Major K133 Allegro (Domenico Scarlatti)
11. Sonata in B Flat Major K544 Cantabile (Domenico Scarlatti)
12. Sonata in B Flat Major K545 Prestissimo (Domenico Scarlatti)
13. Sonata in A Major K208 Andante e cantabile (Domenico Scarlatti)
14. Sonata in A Major K429 Allegro (Domenico Scarlatti)
15. Sonata in D Minor K517 Prestissimo (Domenico Scarlatti)
16. Sonata in D Minor K30 Cat's Fugue Moderato (Domenico Scarlatti)

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Release date: 3/4/2011
Colin Booth lives in Wells England

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Classical Period, Instrumental, Composer: Domenico Scarlatti, Harpsichord

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  10. Dolci Miei Sospiri by Ensemble Carpe Diem: Early music featuring Italian affetti from Switzerland
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  12. Les Baricades Misterieuses by Hanneke van Proosdij: vibrant harpsichord-music
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  14. Blame Not My Lute by Jacob Heringman: renaissance lute
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  18. FP Tosti, Italian Songs on the Poems of Gabriele D'Annunzio (vocals removed) by Valter Carignano and Michela Varda: Italian songs on poems of Gabriele D'Annunzio
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