Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G - K108

[dome364]

Incredibile modernità di Scarlatti..

[StarSharpedo]

Uma bela música intemporal. Gosto particularmente de como o compositor em causa foi retratado impecavelmente no "Memorial do Convento" de José Saramago (e as suas melodias até confundiam a cabeça do povo, de tão maravilhosas que eram).

[derpestarzt]

This shit should be played on harpsichord on piano SUCKS ASS.

[laiholapso]

@derpestarzt obvious troll attempt

[djmonacella]

Awesome interpretation of a lesser known masterwork from Scarlatti! Very refreshing to hear something a little different from him!

[josearcanjof]

Muito bom mesmo, Scarlatti estava a frente de seu tempo!

[UKpatriot90]

Scarlatti on piano just doesn't sound right...

[Farpafraf]

so beautiful and I had never heard of him

[Shanelololol]

if it wasn't for Bach and Handel being born the exact same year as Scarlatti he would have been alot more famous.

[tacodepoyo]

exceptionally beautiful!!!

[AndreaaWikked]

This is absolutley amazing. I love it.

[AgApE010]

My God, this is simply brilliant. Bravo!

[AgApE010]

Why have I not heard of Scarlatti before??

[fabiocasadeiturroni]

@AgApE010 you have not heard about Scarlatti before just becouse the books of history of music are written by German scholars :-) He was born in the same year of Bach and Haendel. His father was a great composer, too.

[culturtony123]

soberbia ala maxima exprecion¡¡

[locomotifx]

One of the few piano versions i like of this sonata.

[Shinshirow]

nice nice nice

[madhellsing]

3 people like lady kaka

[GipeppE92]

genio italiano

[Ferien7]

where can I get a recording of this exact performance?

[vpdp0001]

My favorite classical composer; simply amazing.

[PlunderPiano]

Love it.

[classicvinylbiz]

Maria Tipo, 1956: Scarlatti Sonata in G major, L 288 -

watch?v=BZve4Ayy7no

thanks and regards

[kitsune090]

His songs also sound perfectly on the piano, thanks to the fact that he begun early on the classical style. He conquered the world with only their simple sonatas, he didn't need operas, concerts, choirs and masses. Nobody calls him as a baroque composer. Scarlatti is Scarlatti and a genius.

[kitsune090]

He not only used the Spanish folk, but he also incorporated in his music structure many guitar techniques, that's why many of his songs sound better in the guitar...he predicted the future of music, today the guitar has evolved and gained prominence in the music scene, almost all guitarists play transcriptions of his music for the guitar.

[jago1881]

he is born in palermo , not in napoles ... he died in napoles

[vortexxman]

Very good, but it sounds much better on a period instrument such as a harpsichord or a clavichord.

[ImperoRomano]

Thank you for posting this masterwork that penetrates deeply in the soul...

sublime musica.

[shioumaguh]

Awesome upload, nocturnefm! You have officially introduced me to this great composer who's completely new to me. For that I thank you. ^_^

[nocturnefm]

@shioumaguh Ure welcome :)

[dosergiobr]

@shioumaguh one I love from him is 455 sonata watch?v=Xb51EzvHasI in harpsichord, for sure.

[shioumaguh]

@dosergiobr Nice! Thanks for another great song.

[dosergiobr]

@shioumaguh since you liked, I will give you another link, this one is live piano a little slower of the same sonata, pitty can not comment, the pianist is great watch?v=7-1I-I3FR5U

[amelotiger]

Música arretada!!!!!!!!!!

[lovesGenet]

Gorowitz , fascinating rationale. But I believe all music is first an imagination && attitude(will,antipathy,etc.) gesture and sign and acoustic science and expressions (a million ways to describe these depending on personality . faure.Poulenc .The French , more than the Germans. But look at Mahler's odd patterns of pastiche.Beethoven, Skryabin&Bartok are full of it . Interesting thing your idea of Scarlatti Satie-mannerist of the comic and fantastic . Time for me to write essay.

[StarSharpedo]

Simply astounding... He was mentioned several times in José Saramago's "Memorial do Convento". As soon as he started playing this music, all the people in the story became mesmerized. His geniality knows no bounds...

[enzerinckful]

I love it

[jewish1972]

en piano no suena ni la 1/2 de bonito k en clave

[swimsuitparker]

what does the K108 mean?

[wwconverse]

@swimsuitparker -- the K is for Ralph Kirkpatrick, who cataloged Scarlatti's works in the 1950's. They are numbered chronologically so this is the 108th sonata (out of 555!) Look up Domenico Scarlatti on Wikipedia for more info.

[swimsuitparker]

@wwconverse thanks

[xmjimenez]

¡Genio inmortal!

[markomelesmiha]

No guys! This sonata sounds like Brahms(paralel thirds and sixts). It's proven that Brahms was influenced by Scarlatti and owned his proper library of some 150 sonatas...Zacharias plays this one with too much rubato and I dislike it very much...

[henricusbajanensis]

...and why shouldn't rubato be used in Scarlatti?

[internosil]

@markomelesmiha

You dislike it. So what ?

May be you upload your video performance and let us understand what do you really mean.

[markomelesmiha]

I shall actually upload my video performance of K. 108...in the meantime, I suggest you warmly to listen to Scott Ross and then you will understand that poor Zacharias didn't understand a thing about Scarlatti...

[marcap1000]

Down with the Talibans of the Auffuhrungspraxis!!

Whenever Music moves us, it is RIGHT!

[usheryel]

Too bad. that you dont like it. There are different interpretations and an intelligent observation allows for it.

[Darkboy2525]

soo wonderfull piece dis is loveley!

[deepestrick]

beethoven meet ur master fool love u though

[NaturalBornHedonist]

Scarlatti was SO ahead of his time musically....while others were still emulating vivaldi and Bach, Scarlatti allready moved on into the early classical style !!! A great composer !!!

[d3sired]

@NaturalBornHedonist emulating Bach? Scarlatti was born the same year Bach was born and Bach wasn't very popular until today because of disc companies. Bach, Scarlatti and Haendel are from the same year.

[reinpost]

@NaturalBornHedonist Another thing to consider is the major influence of Spanish guitar music ...

[moneyjr1122]

@NaturalBornHedonist yes he is and still to this very day is very well known

[anneus]

Beethoven was born 10-12 years after Scarlatti's death

[lesurfman]

It looks like a part of Beethovens 9th symphony

[pollochicke]

it's true

[jerrysoh619]

i was thinking the same thing.......

[danielhewson]

2nd movement of the 9th yes

[joojeh56]

can someone tell me what the Longo number is for this?

[fredbetlach]

Its actually in G minor and has lots of big right and left hand crossovers. The number is L248? I'll look again and respond if its the wrong number.

[fredbetlach]

Correction it is L249

[GolumTR]

249

[bzrogato]

fuking intense

[scronx]

Fine performance. Spirit! Thank you!

[Askelairlines747]

its so obviously italian :-D

[Viscamo]

Zacharias is a master. I have learned a lot from him.

[gianpaga11]

E' vero che le sonorità del clavicembalo sono incomparabili, ma la maestrìa di questa esecuzione fà comunque risultare appieno tutta la bellezza e il fascino di questa meravigliosa sonata. Grazie mille Maestro Zacharias!

[VariationsOn1String]

This is one of my all time favorite songs by him!

[JHeifetz100]

hi, it's not a song its a piece (sonata actually).

:)

and definitely, this is a great sonata!

if you like scarlatti so the sonata in D Major K29 and the A Major K212 are extraordinarily beautiful as well!

[rollingstones101]

Bravo signore!!:D

[jewish1972]

sounds much better on harpsichord

[killabilla]

upload it then

[rodrigitotube]

Of course, since it was writen for that instrument!

[enantiodrom]

miracle...

[jesuisravi]

There is feeling in this interpretation.This is not a robot playing.

[Gorowitz]

Most interesting, creative and delicate interpretation of this mysterious piece of music of this mysterious composer!

This is not just music, right? I feel that we here have some kind of esoteric, acoustic science, expressed through the keyboard. Or perhaps an investigation of possible combinations of gestures and attitudes. I also suggest that Scarlatti, in not few aspects, were the Eric Satie of the baroque era. What do you think of these speculations?

[nocturnefm]

I think you explained it perfectly :) thanks allot for the right words and liking it.

[jewish1972]

why do you say mysterious? He was very famous at his time!

[heinzsanyo]

but he is not nowadays

[C2209w]

@Gorowitz Your suppositions are imaginative but the issue is much more simple. Scarlatti knew and used the spanish folk music extensively, its spirit and conventions.

I invite you to became familiarized with it and you will discover that Scarlatti was not only an inmense genious, but in the same degree a most popular composer.

The character of this music is unconceivable without the direct influence of typical spanish folk music.

[efrainc23]

@Gorowitz bravo!!!

[Shubbidubba]

@Gorowitz

Yes, you said it all. HAHA. ultracool.

[internosil]

Extraordinario !!!!

[nocturnefm]

Toda :)

[internosil]

Christian Zacarias ?

[nocturnefm]

Yes it is Mr.Zacharias.

Regards

[internosil]

Thanks.