Domenico Scarlatti: Two Sonatas in C, K. 132 and 133 (D. Jacques Way Harpsichord)

West Point Organist Craig Williams plays two sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, on the haepsichord custom-built by David Jacques Way in 1989. Both sonatas are in C Major and contrasting in mood. The first one is marked Cantabile (singing) and contains elements of fantasie writing suggesting a slower tempo and more expressive approach to rhythm, not strict. The second sonata is marked Allegro, with very clear accents in triple meter (3/8). The brilliant harpsichordist, Ralph Kirkpatrick, saw a pattern with Scarlatti's sonatas not revealed in earlier editions, where quite a few of his later sonatas were probably performed in pairs - sharing the same or parallel key. Kirkpatrick's numbering of the sonatas, as chronological as his research could reveal, allow the performer to present these sonatas in these pairs if he or she so chooses. What can be heard here is such a performance.
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0:00 Sonata in C, K. 132
5:14 Sonata in C, K. 133

Видео Domenico Scarlatti: Two Sonatas in C, K. 132 and 133 (D. Jacques Way Harpsichord) канала Craig Williams, Organist