Irena Koblar, Scarlatti Sonata K. 450 in G minor

[TekranoXx]

all these pieces without pace notes or even dynamics in them are to be interpreted by the pianist just like chopins prelude 15, or raindrop as its more commonly known.

[gianm73yout]

@roger98599 In my opinion, Pogorelich's interpretation is still a milestone, a reference for each pianist, but also for harpsichordists which want to learn something from Scarlatti's music, in order to improve their vision on the more ancient instrument. Anyway, this is pure beaty, let's enjoy it! :)

[gianm73yout]

more passionate and introspective than Pogorelich's version. Beautiful.

[hstephensable]

brilliant!

[pwnedshift1]

fap fap fap

[sparklnkitty]

I love both! I'd buy both cds.

[Andrew279144]

Agree this is even better than Pogorelich's interpretation. Less mechanical and more musical. Bravo!

[MisterGollum07]

really fantastic!!! interpretation really gooddddddd!!!

lol

[MisterGollum07]

really fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[Elisalale]

Very, very touching!

[ibk1980]

***sparkling*** ornaments and great interpretation... 

[musunino]

Sincerely I apreciate the great pianist but BUT i cannot make the digestion of the piano instead of the harpsichord. The piano in the barroque period sounds very heavy, sad, and without the freshness, the cristalline sound and hapiness of the harpsichord. well enjoy if you like it.

[Christian170978]

She plays this sonata better than Pogorelich! She has a better tempo and it sounds more capricous.

[enclave24]

Hermoso!!

[ebach1]

wow :) great

[TheGabcat]

How hard would you rate this song to play? I really want to learn it, its beautiful

[mago3072]

this sounds like the rachmaninoff prelude in G minor op. 23 no. 5

...at the motif of the beginning

[codonauta]

@mago3072 Yes, they are related. Good observation.

[jennyQchai]

such stiff sound!!!

[reinpost]

"at last"?

[1dtqcssh]

I definitly love your play, superb !

[3NUNS]

Thankyou !

[mradipatti]

obviously good basic studies at Ljubljana,

careful , neat , clear diction and all that....

[SertavisPianist]

this is just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MikeInBeantown]

All musical interpretation is subjective. Among thoughtful people, there is always room for dissent ... for me, Koblar's reading is superb because she seems more interested in playing the music and less interested in proving her virtuosity. For Scarlatti, I this is the approach that I like best.

[dongolo]

i think this is better then Pogorelich in terms of musical approach...much more feminen and capricious.. just the way i like it...bravo.. standing applause :D...

[byronic80]

This is very good - but please, Pogorelich's reading is untouchable.

[OAmus]

I think no reading should be called "untouchable". Music is an idefinite substance subject to differing tastes and approaches. I personally like this beter than Pogorelich.

[byronic80]

By untouchable I did not mean definitive and I certainly agree with you that no account of a piece of music is that - I simply meant that I think it is unsurpassed so far.

[OAmus]

Ok. In my opinion his reading is too mechanic and unvaried, allthough I don't suffer when I listen to it..

[byronic80]

I think I know what you mean, but I think he was striving for a kind of dignified pathos, with that aristocratic poise in the tempo.

[OAmus]

Or treating the whole piece as sort of a homogeneous gem. Maybe if he didn't play the repeats it wouldn't feel too much for me.

[bersilu]

Una de las mejores interpretaciones en piano que he oído de esta sonata... ¡ Bravo !

[RomydeJesus]

Excelente.

Romy

[vasko24]

Čestitke Irena!!! Razturaš! :)

[Androslav]

Definitivno!

[scottyschumann18]

spot on Scarlatti performance, wonderful clarity. sounds fantastic.

[lancana]

Amazing preformance! Absolutely beautiful... can't stop watching this...

Predivno, Irena :) Ne prestajem slusati... Bolja interpretacija od Pogoreliceve. Duplo.

[Androslav]

I think that ornaments are a matter of personal taste :) I do not find them too simple. But that's just me.

[aavvaa]

shes amazing. best preformance ive ever seen. i think its even better then pogorelich.

[SwiftUK]

Her ornaments are so clear, no innuendo intended. She's fantastic and seriously dangerous. If she weren't such a great pianist I could see her in opera. Does anyone know if she sings?

[tempodimarcia]

CPE Bach WAS more famous than JS Bach up until the revival of interest in the latter's music by Felix Mendelssohn and others.

[Ptolemeian]

This is the most passionate performance of this sonata I have ever heard. She builds the tension admirably and climaxes so wonderfully beautiful to the ear. I can hear Scarlatti in her as I hear it in Pogorelich and Horowitz. I wish she would take few metrical liberties and largely avoid the damper pedal, but I cannot really complain. She dominates it but never lets virtuosity obscure poetry.

And she's pretty.

[LoneConformist]

It's odd that Domenico Scarlatti is so much more famous than his father. That's like if CPE Bach were more famous than JS Bach. Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico's dad, is probably the greatest writer for the voice, or at least tied with Monteverdi. But his music is VERY Catholic and religious and modern-day man is, well... Not.

[ghostofday]

One of the most dynamic Scarlatti interpretations I've heard in a long time. Brava!

[soltisviolin]

correction 338

[soltisviolin]

BTw if you're looking for it, it's actually listed under his Sonata 334.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Great playing, with an excellent instrumental control and sense of comunications. Five stars from me.

[soltisviolin]

Beautiful comment to such an amazing performance!!!

[xyaqua]

This is NOT an easy sonata to play well, I like the way she takes liberty with the tempo. The notes make it the same, the tempo make it unique.

Imagine learning 500 more of these this well!

[ohmyryan]

babayaga8080, I bet you didnt know what baroque period is.

[babayaga8080]

Technique without feeling.. An iceberg..

[darryz89]

Amazing !

[JaapHH]

once again, i am absolutely astonished by the fluency in this music. Scarlatti was indeed one of the greatest composers ever. But, off course, you've got to have an awful lot of talent to peform these sonata's. She obviously has a uge ammount of talent, both technically (these sonata's are much harder than they seem) and musically. thank you very much!

[xyaqua]

The Scarlattis were a true gift to humanity, were they not? I originally thought her a bit dry and cold, she keeps a strong loyalty to the written music. But watching all of the sonati posted on youtube I have seen her play a bit with tempo and intonation, making the music her own.

Critics: wither away! She celebrates the genius and spirituality of the scarlatti legacy like a true acolyte (sp?). I'd buy her lunch or dinner anytime.

[thecritiquevirtuoso]

I would have preferred this on the harpsichord.

[flute1982]

agree with u.

[clairesimpson87]

This is truely wonderful! Thank you! x

[quavr]

I want to try this piece as well. Well done!

[jannokas85]

Fantastic!!! Technical perfection!

[deutschland2002]

it's wonderfull!!!

[advntgeme]

Ludwig941

In America ist es auch wunderbar.

[3NUNS]

This a piece of genius by Scarlatti.

[3NUNS]

Pleasantly pianistic.

[internosil]

Great !!!!!you must play more Scarlatti

[John11inch]

The thirds are almost eerie in their delicacy and perfection, but I think on the whole, it lacks a bit in fire, particularly in the toccata passage.