historical performance movement

[mikey6]

Have a question first off - I was comparing recordings of Scarlatti's k380 by Pogo and Lipatti.  Lipatti starts the mordent on the same note (f#) while Pogo begins on the G#.  Is this due to personal reasons or the historical performance movement that came in in the 50s and 60s with guys like Kirkpatrick?  The same applies when comparing Casadesus and Pletnev.

Also, any info anyone could dig up on this movement would help.
Hope that makes sense.

[ramseytheii]

Have a question first off - I was comparing recordings of Scarlatti's k380 by Pogo and Lipatti.  Lipatti starts the mordent on the same note (f#) while Pogo begins on the G#.  Is this due to personal reasons or the historical performance movement that came in in the 50s and 60s with guys like Kirkpatrick?  The same applies when comparing Casadesus and Pletnev.

Also, any info anyone could dig up on this movement would help.
Hope that makes sense.

I can't directly answer your question, but I would say that mordents start on the main note, while trills start from above.  As long as we are talking about the same symbol here.  C.P.E. Bach tried to codify this with his experience from studying with his father, but Scarlatti's usage could have been more local and probably improvisatory. 

I also noticed you compared two more literal-minded (in the best sense) pianists with two completely idiosync ratic ones.

Walter Ramsey