Scarlatti / Debargue 52 Sonatas CD

Lucas Debargue breathes new life into the harpsichord sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and presents works outside the standard piano repertoire. The Parisian pianist has already climbed the pinnacle of piano artistry with Beethoven, Liszt and Ravel and unleashed full-blown romantic thunderstorms with Schubert's A-minor Piano Sonata no. 14 and the madcap finale of Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit. Now, on his new album, Debargue devotes himself completely to Domenico Scarlatti. He already played four of this Italian master's sonatas on his highly acclaimed d?but album. Germany's Der Spiegel waxed ecstatic: "Debargue's Scarlatti recalls his mighty predecessors. He displays the subtle touch and feeling once bestowed on these miniatures by Vladimir Horowitz and imparts new sound to Scarlatti's keyboard music.... Debargue touches the outer limits of expression between joylessness and rapture: one may find it overwrought, but it's never less than gripping. And then there's the gentle Glenn Gould touch." Debargue is excited at his new project: "Scarlatti is inspiring. He's the centre of my musical thought as regards music for keyboard instruments." He goes on: "I took it as a sort of personal mission to finally do something with him." Though Scarlatti generally lacks a firm place in the repertoire - he's not heard very often and is almost never the mainstay of a recital - he's one of those milestones that every pianist must turn to.

1. CD1 Sonata K. 206 E Major - Andante 2. Sonata K. 531 E Major - Allegro 3. Sonata K. 404 a Major - Andante 4. Sonata K. 405 a Major - Allegro 5. Sonata K. 447 F-Sharp minor - Allegro 6. Sonata K. 25 F-Sharp minor - Allegro 7. Sonata K. 343 a Major - Allegro Andante 8. Sonata K. 113 a Major - Allegro 9. Sonata K. 258 D Major - Andante 10. Sonata K. 214 D Major - Allegro Vivo 11. Sonata K. 211 a Major - Andantino 12. Sonata K. 212 a Major - Allegro Molto 13. Sonata K. 109 a Minor - Adagio 14. Sonata K. 6 F Major - Allegro 15. Sonata K. 268 a Major - Allegro 16. Sonata K. 443 D Major - Allegro 17. Sonata K. 45 D Major - Allegro 18. Sonata K. 27 B minor - Allegro 19. Sonata K. 244 B Major - Allegro 20. Sonata K. 105 G Major - Allegro 21. Sonata K. 260 G Major - Allegro 22. Sonata K. 491 D Major - Allegro 23. Sonata K. 414 D Major - Allegro 24. Sonata K. 534 D Major - Cantabile 25. Sonata K. 535 D Major - Allegro 26. Sonata K. 32 D minor - Aria 27. K 431 G Major - Allegro 28. K 125 G Major - Vivo 29. K 308 C Major - Cantabile 30. K 461 C Major - Allegro 31. K 196 G minor - Allegro 32. K 477 G Major - Allegrissimo 33. K 115 C minor - Allegro 34. K 526 C minor - Allegro Comodo 35. K 462 F minor - Andante 36. K 438 F Major - Allegro 37. K 106 F Major - Allegro 38. K 107 F Major - Allegro 39. K 69 F minor 40. K 468 F Major - Allegro 41. K 469 F Major - Allegro Molto 42. K 302 C minor - Andante 43. K 242 C Major - Vivo 44. K 521 G Major - Allegro 45. K 14 G Major - Presto 46. K 474 E-Flat Major - Andante Cantabile 47. K 253 E-Flat Major - Allegro 48. K 172 B-Flat Major - Allegro 49. K 545 B-Flat Major - Prestissimo 50. K 192 E-Flat Major - Allegro 51. K 193 E-Flat Major - Allegro 52. K 247 C-Sharp minor - Allegro