Pierre Hantaï Scarlatti Sonatas
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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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Hantai responds sensitively to the myriad expressive nuances of these single-movement Sonatas, overlooking none of their subtleties and underlining their striking affective contrasts. —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Clavecin
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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The astonishing technical variety and wide emotional range contained in Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas make each and every encounter a rewarding adventure in which the listener is seldom... —
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Instrumental Choice
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The first track (Kk535) is typical of the quickmoving sonatas that abound in this programme – an astonishing display of dexterity in which the harpsichord he uses (a 1999 copy of an anonymous... —
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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Hantaï demonstrates, as before, his intuitive understanding of all those subtle ingredients that make this music compelling and to my ears utterly irresistible…No detail is lost and no expressive... —
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Pierre Hantaï… beings… with one of the composer's most intimate pieces, the D minor Sonata, K213… Hantaï discovers its poetry in unhurried and reflective playing of great beauty. In striking... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Instrumental Choice
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Hantai’s agility is something to marvel at, especially as his playing is so clear and rhythmical, even at daringly fast speeds...this is an exceptional Scarlatti collection: three varied programmes... —
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