Baroque Explorations
Scarlatti / Telemann Sonatas

Ian Fritz, Wind Synthesizer

		Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) 

	Harpsichord Sonatas

1	L. 171 (K. 386) in F minor
2	L. 33 (K. 87) in B minor
3	L. 378 (K. 3) in A minor
4	L. 416 (K. 18) in D minor
5	L. 107 (K. 140) in D Major
6	L. 281 (K. 239) in F minor
7	L. 461 (K. 29) in D Major
8	L. 118 (K. 466) in F minor
9	L. 391 (K. 39) in A Major
10    L. 238 (K. 208) in A Major

		Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

	Trio Sonata in C minor  (From Essercizzi Musici)

11	Largo
12	Vivace
13	Andante
14	Allegro

	Sonata in F Major  (From Der Getreue Musikmeister)

15	Vivace
16	Largo
17	Allegro


Dominico Scarlatti, Harpsichord Sonatas:

Although the 550-odd keyboard sonatas of Dominico Scarlatti were written for harpsichord, they are widely regarded as highly coloristic renditions of the music and sounds that surrounded him in the Spanish court and countryside where he spent most of his working life.  They are ideal subjects for exploring the vast range of coloration and expression possible with electronic instrumentation.

Georg Philipp Telemann, Chamber Sonatas.

Telemann holds the record as the most prolific composer of all time.  Among the hundreds of his chamber works, the C-minor Trio Sonata is one of the most popular and well known.  The rendition given here begins with somewhat immitative voicings and progresses to more purely electronic sounds.

Although contemporaneous with J. S. Bach, Telemann generally worked in a brighter and sunnier style. The F major Sonata originally for flute and harpsichord is a perfect example of 
this happy disposition.


Reader,
Whether you be Dilettante of Professor, in these Compositions do not expect any profound Learning, but rather an ingenious Jesting with Art, to accommodate you to the Mastery of the Harsichord.  Neither Considerations of Interest, not Visions of Ambition, but only Obedience moved me to publish them!  Perhaps they will be agreeable to you; then all the more gladly will I obey other Commands to favor you with more simple and varied Style. Therefore show yourself more human than critical, and then your Pleasure will increase.  To designate to you the Position of the Hands, be advised that by D is indicated the Right, and by M the Left. Live Happily.

							D. Scarlatti, Essercizi, 1738

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