Instrumental, Piano Solos, Piano Sonatas, Scarlatti, D (composer)
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The real point of this recording is its wonderful pianism…Colli takes no liberties with the text…the kaleidoscope is shaken and shaken, creating a riveting hour, with most of the works being... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Recording of the Month
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in order for Huangci to maintain balance and proportion within her superimposed larger forms, she understandably omits repeats, which avid Scarlatti connoisseurs might miss. Yet when you consider... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Angela Hewitt responds intuitively and alluringly to the multi-faceted character of these sonatas —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Instrumental Choice
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JS Bach, Handel & Scarlatti: Gamba Sonatas
Steven Isserlis (cello), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), with Robin Michael (cello)
This isn’t one for the dyed-in-the-wool authenticist…fortunately, dessicated 'authenticity' has been supplanted by imaginatively experimenting performers supported by scholarly evidence…in the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Colli’s colouring of the music is imaginative, and he is often persuasive in his cantabile playing…Yet too often elsewhere his gestures seem exaggerated…In short, notwithstanding some splendid... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th May 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Hantaï never makes the mistake of tearing into these pieces and wrestling them. If the music itself seems to approach organised chaos in places, his playing is always controlled, seeking out... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Perianes' playing discovers Scarlatti's expressive diversity with intimacy and communicative warmth. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Long immersed in Scarlatti’s music, Sudbin is an ardent advocate, his fearless Russian-school technique making light weather of even the most breakneck writing: rhythms are crisp and buoyant;... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Instrumental
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The Complete Masterworks Recordings Vol. I
RecommendedThe Studio Recordings 1962-1963
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Classical Album of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Every so often a major pianist reclaims Scarlatti for the piano with an outstanding recording. As Ralph Kirkpatrick put it, Scarlatti's harpsichord, while supremely itself, is continually menacing... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Instrumental
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