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Offline acpiano

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Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas
on: June 23, 2009, 04:48:00 PM
I've recently listened to recordings of Scarlatti's Sonatas by Horowitz, Haskil and Lipatti, and I find them all very interesting:

Horowitz's interpretation was very pianistic and sonorous... Haskil's playing was very elastic and has a sense of continuity. Lipatti's recording is very subtle, almost nth happened, with a sense of purity and faithfulness.

What do you think?  ::)

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Re: Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas
Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 07:01:02 PM
I've recently listened to recordings of Scarlatti's Sonatas by Horowitz, Haskil and Lipatti, and I find them all very interesting:

Horowitz's interpretation was very pianistic and sonorous... Haskil's playing was very elastic and has a sense of continuity. Lipatti's recording is very subtle, almost nth happened, with a sense of purity and faithfulness.

What do you think?  ::)

i cant be so eloquent in describing those giants play scarlatti like you were. i just knew for a fact that my scarlatti sounds like a total stinking ghetto in comparison. so! ;D
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Re: Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas
Reply #2 on: July 02, 2009, 04:39:06 PM
I recommend Landowska!

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Re: Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas
Reply #3 on: July 02, 2009, 05:38:19 PM
Glenn Gould's. I hear Weissenberg's are quite good also.
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Re: Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas
Reply #4 on: July 02, 2009, 10:54:53 PM
I can't stand horowitz's scarlatti because it sounds so "pianistic and sonorous"

the dynamic changes are very inappropriate
it's almost as bad as a schubert sonata (nothing against schubert's music, I doubt anyone loves Schubert more than I do, but christ, his sheet music looks like squares with ƒƒ marks at every corner)

Landowska is alright if you can stand the quality
frankly I don't know how anyone can listen to the old horowitz recordings either, no matter how well he plays it sounds like i'm in the middle of an arctic storm

the Pierre Hantai and Andreas Staier recordings are nice

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Re: Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas
Reply #5 on: July 06, 2009, 08:29:45 PM
On the "Great Pianists" documentary, check Michelangeli's *film clip* of his playing a single Scarlatti sonata, the one in b minor.

It is terrifying. 

More beautiful and precise than a human being should be capable of. 

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Re: Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas
Reply #6 on: July 09, 2009, 11:44:54 AM
For Scarlatti I would recommend:

Horowitz
Pletnev
Pogolerich
Perahia
Argerich
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