from Oannes *

Το μεγαλύτερο μέρος του έργου του Domenico Scarlatti γράφτηκε στη διάρκεια της υπηρεσίας του στην ισπανική και την πορτογαλική αυλή – ο επηρεασμός του από την κουλτούρα των χωρών αυτών εξηγεί κάτι από το ιδιαίτερο χρώμα της μουσικής του.
Ανάμεσα στους επιφανείς θαυμαστές ανά τους αιώνες περιλαμβάνονται καλλιτέχνες όπως οι Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Bartok.
Κάτι που δεν λέγεται συχνά είναι ότι το ίδιο το αίσθημα που διαπνέει τα έργα ξεφεύγει από το πλαίσιο του μπαρόκ, προαναγγέλοντας συχνά εκείνο της ρομαντικής περιόδου.
Τρεις ακόμα σονάτες του DS από το μεγάλο Mikhail Pletnev.

✻

Most part of Domenico Scarlatti’s work was written during his service at the Portuguese and Spanish court – his influence by these countries’ culture explains something about the unique flavor of his music.
Among his prominent admirers over the centuries were artists such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Bartok.
Something that is not often said is that the very feeling of these works goes often beyond the context of baroque, anticipating that of the romantic period.
We hear three more of DS’ sonatas, performed by the great Mikhail Pletnev.

◼︎

00:00 Sonata for keyboard in F minor, K. 386 (L. 171)
02:28 Sonata for keyboard in F minor, K. 387 (L. 175)
05:02 Sonata for keyboard in B minor, K. 27 (L. 449)

❦

Enjoy!

❦

As always, I’m happy to hear your thoughts, however I’d highly recommend a direct dialogue with the …’source’ [why comments are closed here], so please visit Oannes’ page where you can also listen to the music!

More about these reblogs

* For my friends who didn’t know, or first timers here, Oannes [aka Socratis Papahatzis] is my husband, partner in life and music and the one with my undying admiration. Together we have a band MK-O [the music of Marina Kanavaki & Oannes]. So, it’s my pleasure to share with you his [and sometimes mine] musical selections. • Do visit his site. He has my highest recommendation!