Rinaldo Alessandrini - Scarlatti: Toccate per cembalo (1992)

Tracklist

01. Toccata per cembalo d'ottava stesa in re minore: Primo tono preludio (Presto)-Adagio (Cantabile appoggiatto-Presto)-Fuga-Adagio (Appoggiatto Cantabile)-Follia (Napoli 1723)
02. Toccata in fa maggiore: [Senza indicazione]-Adagio-Presto-Fuga (Allegro)-Corrente
03. Toccata per cembalo in re minore: [Moderato]-Fuga
04. Toccata per cembalo No. 6 in sol minore-maggiore: Spiritoso-Largo-Fuga
05. Toccata per cembalo in re minore: [Allegro]-Fuga
06. Toccata No. 2 in la minore: [Senza indicazione]-Balletto (Allegro)
07. Fuga del primo tono in re minore
08. Fuga del seconde tono in sol minore
09. Fuga del terzo tono in la minore
10. Toccata per organo e per cembalo in la maggiore: Allegro-Adagio-Allegro-Presto-Partita alla Lombarda-Fuga
11. Toccata per cembalo in sol maggiore: Moderato-Fuga-Presto
12. Due fughe in re minore

350th Anniversary Release: on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of Alessandro Scarlatti’s birth (Palermo, 2 May 1660), Arcana re-release this anthology of toccatas and fugues by the elder Scarlatti. Alessandro Scarlatti is better known for his important contribution to the field of opera, oratorio and cantata, but his harpsichord pieces are in no way inferior to the compositions of his son, as attests the fantastic Follia concluding the first Toccata – a nod and a wink to his colleague and friend Arcangelo Corelli. Alessandro’s cultural background was quite different and very precise in the way it affected keyboard music: Frescobaldi was the first in a series of figures who are known to a greater or lesser extent today and whose teaching came down to Scarlatti in a solid stylistic tradition. Pasquini, his extremely diligent and prolific contemporary, the last of the line, was strongly motivated by his patron, the Prince Borghese in writing harpsichord music. Alessandro also wished to try his hand in this area.

A new face of Alessandro Scarlatti: this multi-awardwinning disc returns with new artwork and a newly discovered portrait of the 33-year-old Alessandro on the cover, attributed to Francesco Solimena. Rinaldo Alessandrini one of the most highly respected artists on the Baroque music scene, plays a rare instrument by Franciscus Debbonis, dated Rome 1678.

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