D Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas

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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... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

Release Date: 15th Jun 2015
Catalogue No: 0300603BC
Label: Berlin Classics
Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

September 2015

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 13

Work length4:06

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.13 / L.486 / P.69

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K124 in G major

Work length2:31

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.124 / L.232 / P.110

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major

Work length2:01

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.125 / L.487 / P.152

Track length2:01

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K144 in G major

Work length4:46

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.144 / P.316

Track length4:46

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K454 in G major

Work length2:17

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.454 / L.184 / P.423

Track length2:17

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K470 in G major

Work length2:53

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.470 / L.304 / P.379

Track length2:53

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K284 in G major

Work length1:52

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.284 / L.90 / P.169

Track length1:52

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K450 in G minor

Work length3:21

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.450 / L.338 / P.422

Track length3:21

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.4 / L.390 / P.60

Work length3:25

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K. 4 / L.390 / P.60

Track length3:25

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.76 / L.185 / P.23

Work length2:03

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.76 / L.185 / P.23

Track length2:03

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K8 in G minor

Work length4:16

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.8 / L.488 / P.64

Track length4:16

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 31 (L. 231)

Work length2:22

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.35 / L.386 / P.20

Track length2:22

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.31 / L.231 / P.19

Work length1:59

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.31 / L.231 / P.19

Track length1:59

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.108 / L.249 / P.92

Work length2:26

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.108 / L.249 / P.92

Track length2:26

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K476 in G minor

Work length3:09

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.476 / L.340 / P.427

Track length3:09

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K435 in D major

Work length3:09

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 435 / L.361 / P.466

Track length3:09

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K140 in D major

Work length3:57

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K.140 / L.107 / P.127

Track length3:57

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K32 in D minor

Work length2:31

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Minor, K.32 / L.423 / P.14

Track length2:31

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K491 in D major

Work length2:32

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K.491 / L.164 / P.484

Track length2:32

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K490 in D major

Work length5:45

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K.490 / L.206 / P.476

Track length5:45

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.397 / L.208 / P.325

Work length2:34

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K.397 / L.208 / P.325

Track length2:34

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K278 in D major

Work length2:25

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K.278 / L.S15 / P.434

Track length2:25

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K206 in E major

Work length4:56

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in E Major, K.206 / L.257 / P.307

Track length4:56

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K322 in A major

Work length2:57

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in A Major, K.322 / L.483 / P.360: Allegro

Track length2:57

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K135 in E major

Work length3:57

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in E Major, K.135 / L.224 / P.234

Track length3:57

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K518 in F major

Work length4:42

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 518 / L.116 / P.390

Track length4:42

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 213

Work length3:44

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Minor, K.213 / L.108 / P.288

Track length3:44

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K6 in F major

Work length2:23

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in F Major, K.6 / L.479 / P.62

Track length2:23

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in A Minor, Kk. 175

Work length3:40

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in A Minor, K.175 / L.429 / P.136

Track length3:40

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K296 in F major

Work length5:10

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in F Major, K.296 / L.198 / P.305

Track length5:10

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K61 in A minor

Work length2:43

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in A Minor, K.61 / L.136 / P.16

Track length2:43

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K443 in D major

Work length4:46

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K.443 / L.418 / P.376

Track length4:46

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K208 in A major

Work length3:44

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in A Major, K.208 / L.238 / P.315

Track length3:44

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K29 in D major

Work length4:49

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in D Major, K.29 / L.461 / P.85

Track length4:49

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K260 in G major

Work length5:41

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.260 / L.124 / P.304

Track length5:41

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.Deest

Work length2:45

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K.Deest

Track length2:45

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K146 in G major

Work length3:04

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K. 146 / L.349 / P.106

Track length3:04

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 427

Work length2:13

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in G Major, K.427 / L.286 / P.286

Track length2:13

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K513 in C major

Work length2:48

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Claire Huangci

Piano Sonata in C Major, K.513 / L.S3 / P.176

Track length2:48

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Asked what music she wanted to play on her second solo album, she shot back: "Scarlatti!". And yet Claire Huangci is known as a consummate interpreter of highly virtuosic music. But even when reviewing her debut CD of tricky Russian ballet transcriptions, Ingo Harden in Fono Forum had this to say: "Over and above the seemingly effortless and euphonious realization of her programme, her playing has an amazingly wide spectrum of nuances in touch. Even a seasoned performer with decades of experience can hardly offer us a more imaginative and colourful 'orchestra on the piano'."

Such nuances are the heart and soul of Scarlatti's sonatas. Each individual piece needs its own pulse, and its own colours, to bring it to life. Then the music reveals a whole world of joyous experimentation, expressed in the composer's 555 sonatas. Written for none other than himself and his pupil Maria Barbara, the Portuguese Infanta, they contain all that the Baroque and Classical idiom of his age had to offer – including the emulation of special guitar techniques. The self-assurance with which all these elements are juggled often leaves the listener agape.

But how is the artist to master this sheer volume of music and give her selection a meaningful structure? The young pianist writes in her introduction: "Building on that general practice, I began wondering if I could create larger music forms from his works, using individual sonatas as movements. And expanding upon that, what if I was able to present the works in a way that would show people clearly how Scarlatti formed the perfect bridge between the Baroque and Classical periods? Using the sonatas, I decided to create Baroquian Suites and Classical Sonatas, congruent with forms from each respective era."

After reviewing all the sonatas, she finalized her concept of two quite distinct CDs: "Each suite on the first CD follows basic form with an opening movement (prelude or toccata), then allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue with additional intermezzo movements such as bourrees, passepieds, gavottes, minuets, etc. CD2 used different criteria. On top of tonal continuity, it was important to show the classical side of Scarlatti, in expression, in harmonic modulation, and particularly in compositional structure (exposition, development, recapitulation)." Not that the aim is to reconstruct works that have never existed in that form. The idea is that the listener will form an impression of how the pieces are related to one another, if they are not heard in isolation. This at once builds logical bridges between movements that were previously an arbitrary sequence of individual pieces. It also demonstrates Scarlatti's versatility as a titan of the miniature, confidently poised between two eras in the creation of his own music.

Reviews

September 2015

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 her instinctive musicality, unflappable technical command and sensitive ear for nuance, repeats hardly matter.

5th July 2015

Huangci’s Yamaha piano has a harpsichord-like sound that suits her pert finger staccato: there is some stunning fast playing, and the gem-like brilliance of Scarlatti’s invention shines through.

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