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john11inc

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Need Help with Scarlatti Selection

on: January 23, 2011, 07:52:16 PM

I was wondering which sonata you think goes better with K. 450 and K. 417, for an exam. It would precede the other two if it is the K. 239, which would be played in that order:

K. 239
K. 450 (gotta love Baroque 13-24 trills)
K. 417

If I go with the K. 517, I'd go with:

K. 450
K. 517
K. 417

So, I am trying to decide between K. 239 and K. 517. They both fall into the more technical side of his output, but in very different ways. Give me your thoughts on which one you think is more suitably paired with the other two, and which one you believe would be preferable to a jury.

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Re: Need Help with Scarlatti Selection

Reply #1 on: January 29, 2011, 09:14:54 AM

No takers?

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Re: Need Help with Scarlatti Selection

Reply #2 on: January 29, 2011, 09:56:20 AM

I see in both cases you want to end with 417. Is there some particular reason for this? I would see the more brilliant and flashy fingery one to end the group. Either the 239 or the 517, which, in effect, are very similar. (By the way, the colonel sanders guy is out of sight!) Like 450, 417, 517.
Or 417, 450, 239. You're really confused now, I bet.

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Reply #3 on: January 29, 2011, 09:27:40 PM

No no. That performance of the 417 is *quite* slow, and the edition used there is fairly simplified. The 417 is certainly the most difficult of the set, and I just think a fugue has such a sense of finality that it always belongs at the end. What is your preference between 517 and 239?

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Re: Need Help with Scarlatti Selection

Reply #4 on: January 30, 2011, 01:07:19 PM

definitely 239.

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