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That the arrangements are Malafronte’s own is commendable, and important to a consistent aesthetic. Listening, I just longed for more of the fluency, imagination and confidence of his erstwhile... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2020 More…

Release Date: 17th Apr 2020
Catalogue No: QTZ2136
Label: Quartz
Length: 58 minutes

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Rameau: Suite in G major from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin

Work length25:05

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Finbarr Malafronte (guitar)

I. Les tricotets

Track length1:43

$1.00

$1.30

II. L'indifferente

Track length2:03

$1.00

$1.30

III. Menuet I

Track length1:06

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Menuet II

Track length1:07

$1.00

$1.30

V. La poule

Track length4:34

$1.00

$1.30

VI. Les triolets

Track length3:53

$1.00

$1.30

VII. Les sauvages

Track length2:06

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VIII. L'enharmonique

Track length5:44

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IX. L'egyptienne

Track length2:49

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$1.30

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K491 in D major

Work length5:34

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Finbarr Malafronte (guitar)

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K213 in D minor

Work length8:18

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major

Work length5:38

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Finbarr Malafronte (guitar)

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K466 in F minor

Work length8:32

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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K118 in D major

Work length5:06

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Music for the keyboard has dominated much of Western music history, with works for the harpsichord and its relatives forming a hugely significant portion of Baroque repertoire. Yet alongside the development of keyboard music, the guitar enjoyed a rich and varied evolution of its own. The Baroque guitar was particularly prominent in Spain, France and Italy, while romantic depictions of guitarists appeared in paintings by the likes of Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer. This programme brings together music by two great Baroque composers, one French, one Italian, whose harpsichord music lends itself superbly to these transcriptions for the guitar. Whereas the strings of the piano are struck, harpsichord strings are plucked with a plectrum-like device, creating a technical and audible relationship with the guitar. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) was influenced by Couperin, who pioneered the style luthé or ‘lute style’ of harpsichord playing, and Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) lived in Spain for much of his life; he was greatly influenced by the Spanish guitar, and his use of repeated notes in his sonatas was intended to emulate the instrument.

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August 2020

That the arrangements are Malafronte’s own is commendable, and important to a consistent aesthetic. Listening, I just longed for more of the fluency, imagination and confidence of his erstwhile teacher Barrueco.

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