Scarlatti Sonata in E major K 380: Brouwer (11 of 12)

Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer plays his transcriptions of 12 keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti in a magnificent (and long out-of-print) 1974 recording.

Sonata in E major K. 380/ L. 23 (1734)

To hear the whole set uninterrupted, go to
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B23CB5D9DF095955

Brouwer's notes (from the original LP) can be found in the information box for videos 1-4 of this series.

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For this recording, Brouwer played a guitar built in 1973 by Daniel Friedrich (Paris).

Recording: D. Scarlatti. Douze sonates par Leo Brouwer. Erato: Florilège de la guitare 17 (1974) STU70786

Score: 12 sonatas/Domenico Scarlatti; transcribed for guitar by Leo Brouwer. Gendai Guitar Co. 1983, repr. 2004.

Please don't ask for the score -- I don't have it. It can be found at Gendai Guitar (Japan) or at Guitar Solo Publications (San Francisco, CA); both are on the internet.

(Many thanks to Yuri at Universo Violonístico)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Domenico
• Scarlatti
• Sonata
• K380
• L23
• 1734
• Leo
• Brouwer
• E-major
• transcription
• guitar

[maarargu]

wow en ves de discutir por un score disfruten la musica

[grenouilleGG]

Ecco!

[ninebreaker21]

His trills are backward!

[sparklnkitty]

love love another scarlatti!

[GeorgeSpan]

Very expressive and clear. Leo Brower is a clear sound lover.

However, more passion, at the expense of clarity, would give it another dynamic.

Let us not forget that Scarlatti loved Spanish folk music.

[orlandoguitarist]

I think the tempo is a little on the slow side, but I like it (backwards trills or not). Listening to this proves to me that it's better to hear all the voices clearly than have a forced, rushed feeling that sounds almost mechanical like so many of the other versions on YT.

[3638036380]

Domenico Scarlatti played by maestro Leo Brouwer is the most beautifil music!

Long live Leo Brouwer!

[GyveTurckee]

Wow, I never knew Brouwer was such a stickler for the cross-string trills. It fits with the keyboard sound though so I am a fan.

[NocturneCanada]

I lvoe this !

[dhoulkarnain]

Thanks for posting, there's something about these sonata's...

[mrunfairis]

@ninebreaker21 I thought the same thing.

[spruceorcedar]

He really felt the music of this piece