Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz Plays Scarlatti (2003)
Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz Plays Scarlatti (2003)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:18:04 | 311 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Music Entertainment | Catalog: SMK90435
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:18:04 | 311 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Music Entertainment | Catalog: SMK90435
This new release of Scarlatti sonatas played by the renowned pianist Vladimir Horowitz is a treasure of inestimable value. Listening to these timeless performances is among my greatest delights and it definitely belongs on a desert-island list of essential recordings.
This CD and its predecessor have been widely reviewed here and elsewhere, always with great praise and appreciation, so that there is little that I could add to the picture at this point. Nevertheless, I feel something should be said concerning the few negative comments that some other reviewers have made regarding the current release.
1. That Scarlatti's sonatas were written for the harpsichord alone and should not be performed on the piano.
In fact, Scarlatti wrote "keyboard exercises" which he played on harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and yes, the early pianoforte as well.
Furthermore, Scarlatti lived in Spain and his music was greatly inspired and influenced by the rich flamenco culture there. The melodies, rhythms, and percussive effects that Scarlatti realized in his music were reflections of sounds originating in the human voice, guitar, castanets and other folk instruments. Even the sound of flamenco boot stomps found their way into Scarlatti's music!
To insist that these pieces must now reside only on the harpsichord betrays a level of pedantry that Scarlatti himself would never have condoned.
2. That audience sounds in the last two tracks ruins the performances and they should have been left off of the CD.
Firstly, the idea of giving up ANY of the treasures left by this beloved performer is unthinkable. Even if the recordings HAD been seriously compromised by extraneous noises, the performances themselves are absolutely indispensable. But the actual noise level of the coughing is quite low, and really trivial. Recordings by other great performers, such as Glenn Gould or Enrico Caruso, have been plagued by far greater noise levels. Music lovers have never let these imperfections prevent their enjoyment of the magic that comes from true genius.
In conclusion, my only regret is that Horowitz did not leave us more Scarlatti recordings. But lacking that, what he did leave is of the finest quality, and will surely be enjoyed by music lovers for centuries to come.
Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz Plays Scarlatti (2003)
Track List:
1. Sonata In D Major, K 33 (L 424)
2. Sonata In A Minor, K 54 (L 241)
3. Sonata In F Major, K 525 (L 188)
4. Sonata In F Minor, K 466 (L 118)
5. Sonata In G Major, K 146 (L 349)
6. Sonata In D Major, K 96 (L 465)
7. Sonata In E Major, Longo 21
8. Sonata In E-flat Major, K 162 (L 203)
9. Sonata In E Minor, K 198 (L 22)
10. Sonata In D Major, K 491 (L 164)
11. Sonata In F Minor, K 481 (L 187)
12. Sonata In A Major, K 39 (L 391)
13. Sonata In G Major, K 547 (L S28)
14. Sonata In B Minor, K 197 (L 147)
15. Sonata In F-Sharp Minor, K 25 (L 481)
16. Sonata In D Minor, K 52 (L 267)
17. Sonata In G Major, K 201 (L 129)
18. Sonata In C Minor, K 303 (L 9)
Performers:
Vladimir Horowitz - piano
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