Jntroduction and Scarlatti Sonatas

Scarlatti - Sonata in E major, L.430 / K.531
Scarlatti - Sonata in E major, L.23 / K.380
Scarlatti - Sonata in B minor, L.449 / K.27

Did you use the Kirkpatrick numbering or the Longo numbering? When were these recorded? What kind of piano?

Like your Bach, these are well played, in my opinion, however I am not too familiar with Scarlatti (partly because he wrote so much music for the keyboard)

opps, sorry I did not notice the heading to your post. That answers my first question.

Hi Raymond, Nice playing on all three. I especially liked the first two. ( I'm an E-Major kind of girl)
The second piece is one of Scarlatti's popular sonatas, right? I've heard it before even though I haven't listened to very much Scarlatti.

I especially liked the introduction, how about a PianoSociety internet radio station?

To be serious, I can't make any constructive comments besides saying that I also found the B minor sonata a bit less inspired than the other two, but still quite enjoyable.

Lovely played, Raymond. In contrast with other commentors, I liked the last one best, perhaps because it is more subdued and 'deeper' than the average Scarlatti Sonatas (I believe the slow ones stand out from the crowd musically, not that I've heard them all ...). All are played with great skill, authority, and warmth. Bravo !

Shame about the off-tune piano in that famous E major sonata. I guess these were recorded over some span of time ?

I don't really know what to do with the spoken introduction... Yes we are planning to revive the Radio Show (for those of you who were around in early days) but even then I would not know how to make use of it, unless we were to combine this bit of text, together with these three sonatas, into one track. Technically, that is an option although it goes against the normal way we organize things, so I think it is not a good idea.

I will put these recordings on the site over the weekend or perhaps earlier when I have some time.

I am in trouble here... perhaps someone can help out ?

According to the title, the sonatas posted here are

Longo 30 - E Major
Longo 23 - E major
Longo 47 - B major

Now on this site we use the Kirkpatrick numbering (dont' ask why...). So I found this translation list on the web : http://www.classical.net/music/composer/works/scarlattid/lists/longo.html, which says:

L. 23 K. 380 P. 483 E Major Andante comodo
L. 30 K. 82 P. 25 F Major -
L. 49 K. 234 P. 286 G minor Andante

I believe this to be correct as it is consistent with my CD SheetMusic CD. Only the L.23 is what is actually played. The sonatas presented as L.30 and L.49 are not what they claim to be.... and this is already wrong on the CD listing (http://cdbaby.com/cd/smullyan). So which numbers are they ???
Any help appreciated.

Dear Chris.Before you decide not to include my introductions,please wait untill
you get my whole CD. I would be very sorry to lose them, since they really add
something to the CD as a whole.A certain imtimacy would be lost without them.
Raymond

Yes I appreciate that. The problem is that on PS we do not have the concept of a collection or CD. Pieces are grouped by composer and opus, not by the order on a CD. I understand it would be your preference to have the entire CD on one page by itself but we'll need to re-think our design for that.

Chris,

Track 8 is the b minor sonata L.449 / K.27
Track 6 is the E major sonata L.430 / K.531

It seems some "4s" dropped in the CD cover.

hth,
alf

Great ! Thanks a bunch for sorting that out

These three are up the site now. Great playing !

[quote="rsmullyan"]Jntroduction and Scarlatti Sonatas

Well played, and very interesting sound and phrasing.
It seems that between harpsichord and modern piano you have choose.... a fortepiano.
This sound (that you wanted, surely) has the same suggesting delicacy of the instruments of late XIIX century, as the average phrasing . Rare and particular approach, but IMHO very coherent and convincing.

All best,
Sandro.

Sandro, I recorded these on a modern Steinway.
Raymond