Scarlatti
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Alessandro 1659–1725, Italian composer.
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his son Domenico 1685–1757, Italian harpsichordist, organist, and composer.
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Alessandro (alesˈsandro). ?1659–1725, Italian composer; regarded as the founder of modern opera
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his son, ( Giuseppe ) Domenico (doˈmeːniko). 1685–1757, Italian composer and harpsichordist, in Portugal and Spain from 1720. He wrote over 550 single-movement sonatas for harpsichord, many of them exercises in virtuoso technique
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Her Bach, Scarlatti and Mozart are bold, vivid and rhythmically arresting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022
Beisembayev’s programme spans five centuries, from sonatas by Scarlatti to studies by Ligeti, via Beethoven’s Sonata Op 111 and Stravinsky’s Firebird.
From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2021
“Facce d’amore”: Arias of Cavalli, Handel, Scarlatti, etc.;
From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2019
I do a lot of fast, slow, fast — me, Scarlatti and 500 other people!
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2018
The music of the older Italian composers, from Scarlatti or Carissimi to Donizetti and Bellini, despite the absurd libretti of their operas, demanded first of all dulcet tones and limpid fluency.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis
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