Scarlatti - K175 - Pierre Hantai

[somnynightin78]

This is pure undiluted madness in the hands of a genius.

[Amunhotep4th]

Much to aggressive for my tastes. The instrument does not have the "depth" necessary for this piece but I am spoiled on hearing it played by Puyana on the hass 3 manual one. Also, the tempo is a bit to fast IMHO .And YES Viral, Scarlatti WAS way ahead of his time !!

[legendavy]

incredible!

didn't know that harpsichord could take such an aggressive approach on this piece.

[bersilu]

Estoy de acuerdo contigo, DBJ06... aunque en esta sonata particularmente Hantaï saca lo que de violento hay en ella...

[DBJ06]

nice interpretation but personaly I like best the scott ross version,, and the rafael puyana´s one,, available here on youtube,,

[mrmolinodelahoz]

Pierre Hantai has a real spirit without being overly Iberic.

the instrument sounds good for this music just 2 8s.

I live in Spain and this has a genuine sound whith others miss.

[zyxonian]

@mrmolinodelahoz I am pretty sure he has a 16' stop on this recording

[Trinitrotolaissance]

@zyxonian This specific instrument doesn't have a 16" stop. But I can encourage you to listen to the Balbastre CD by Elizabeth Farr. Wonderful recording of a great instrument with a 16" stop. I'm not sure if that CD is on youtube. I might upload it in the future.

[jewish1972]

perhaps, only perhaps, a bit too hasty

[Trinitrotolaissance]

Yes, well spoken. Though Hantai and Scarlatti often gives an extreme (in a good way) result, which will probably take some getting used to.

[DoingoE]

well,well, what a great personal interpretation!!!

[ThatViralVideo]

sounds ahead of its time

[gianpaga11]

Scarlatti incomparabile genio!

[Trinitrotolaissance]

Scarlatti is very extreme here, which Hantai nicely showed us.

[Jtking3000]

rather a strange piece for baroque/classical

[ethern3l]

Scarlatti is a psychopath!