Nikolai Demidenko - D. Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas (2009)

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Title: D. Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: SanCtuS Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:08:24
Total Size: 266 Mb
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Tracklist:

1. Sonata In D Major, K. 298 (LS 6): Allegro 4:35
2. Sonata In D Major, K. 299 (L 210): Allegro 3:17
3. Sonata In B Flat Major, K. 266 (L 48): Andante 3:07
4. Sonata In G Minor, K. 347 (L 126): Moderato E Cantabile 2:47
5. Sonata In B Flat Major, K. 545 (L 500): Prestissimo 3:10
6. Sonata In G Minor, K. 426 (L 128): Andante 5:21
7. Sonata In D Minor, K. 1 (L 366): Allegro 2:34
8. Sonata In F Major, K. 379 (L 73): Minuet 2:38
9. Sonata In F Major, K. 518 (L 116): Allegro 5:02
10. Sonata In F Minor, K. 519 (L 475): Allegro Assai 2:51
11. Sonata In C Minor, K. 526 (L 456): Allegro Comodo 5:32
12. Sonata In F Major, K. 367 (L 172): Presto 2:10
13. Sonata In A Major, K. 39 (L 391): Presto 4:19
14. Sonata In B Minor, K. 377 (L 263): Allegrissimo 3:29
15. Sonata In D Major, K. 400 (L 213): Allegro 2:21
16. Sonata In B Minor, K. 87 (L 33): [Andante Mosso] 3:48
17. Sonata In B Minor, K. 27 (L 449): Allegro 5:06
18. Sonata In D Major, K. 484 (L 419): Allegro 2:43
19. Sonata In D Minor, K. 417 (L 462): Fuga. Allegro Moderato 3:34

Performers:
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Piano: Steinway, Model D SN 66701, built 1895 (from the collection of Jaques Samuel Pianos, London)

"Today, when Scarlatti is acclaimed among the most scintillating of innovators, choice becomes a hard if not impossible matter and Nikolai Demidenko has ranged (in this recording) far and wide among the 550 sonatas, championing, for the most part, the less familiar numbers."
A highly enjoyable disc. The clarity and precision of (Demidenko s) playing are impeccable, both tonally and rhythmically. Demidenko is brilliant and he revels in it... There is so much here to enjoy! -- Lionel Salter