Javier Perianes releases today his new recording dedicated to Domenico Scarlatti for Harmonia Mundi.
A visionary composer, Domenico Scarlatti pushed back the frontiers of keyboard writing, fusing radiant melodies with spirited rhythms and daring technical feats. In this compendium of his most attractive sonatas, Javier Perianes employs his consummate virtuosity with audible enjoyment, revealing all the richness and inventiveness of his adoptive compatriot’s musical language.
As we read in the notes of the album booklet, written by Frédéric Gonin: "What is however certain is that Domenico was a harpsichordist without rival, though he never appeared in any concert for the wider public, reserving his art for the invitees of aristocratic salons, and later for the intimate circle of his royal patron Maria Barbara in Seville, then in Madrid, where he remained until his death. Though such an attitude may surprise us today, it reveals a quite common conception of the role of music during the composer’s time, and throws an illuminating light on the nature of his art: for Scarlatti, music was not just of its time, but of the very moment; it was never fixed, as it was constantly being renewed. It is precisely that quality of uniqueness that forms the strength and value of Domenico’s work, since it was reserved for the exclusive attention of those who commissioned it, a privilege restricted to the world’s greatest and most powerful monarchs".
The album is now available on all platforms.
