Glenn Gould occasionally recorded Scarlatti, but for whatever reason, he did not color far outside of the lines in those recordings. He did use a modern piano, and even among period-instrument purists, Scarlatti seems to anticipate modern pianism. He apparently played an early fortepiano, and the music was genuinely radical in its time, breaking up the block architecture of Baroque music in search of new moods and effects to pack into a basic binary structure. This set of 16 Scarlatti sonatas, designated as piano works, ...
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Glenn Gould occasionally recorded Scarlatti, but for whatever reason, he did not color far outside of the lines in those recordings. He did use a modern piano, and even among period-instrument purists, Scarlatti seems to anticipate modern pianism. He apparently played an early fortepiano, and the music was genuinely radical in its time, breaking up the block architecture of Baroque music in search of new moods and effects to pack into a basic binary structure. This set of 16 Scarlatti sonatas, designated as piano works, suggests what might have been with Gould. Charismatic young pianist Federico Colli offers Scarlatti in Romantic piano territory, varying the tempo and applying the pedal even if there is no humming along. It will no doubt be too much for some listeners, but there's a great deal working in Colli's favor. He's a stirring pianist all around, and he organizes the program effectively, with a very Beethovenian conclusion consisting of the slow and profound Sonata in B minor, K. 87 followed by...
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