Scarlatti / Finbarr Malafronte: Maestros of the Baroque

Scarlatti / Finbarr Malafronte: Maestros of the Baroque

Scarlatti / Finbarr Malafronte: Maestros of the Baroque

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Title: Maestros of the Baroque
Artist: Scarlatti / Finbarr Malafronte
Label: Quartz
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 880040213628
Genre: Classical Artists

Music for the keyboard has dominated much of Western music history, with works for the harpsichord and it's relatives forming a hugely significant portion of Baroque repertoire. Yet alongside the development of keyboard music, the guitar enjoyed a rich and varied evolution of it's own. The Baroque guitar was particularly prominent in Spain, France and Italy, while romantic depictions of guitarists appeared in paintings by the likes of Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer. This programme brings together music by two great Baroque composers, one French, one Italian, whose harpsichord music lends itself superbly to these transcriptions for the guitar. Whereas the strings of the piano are struck, harpsichord strings are plucked with a plectrum-like device, creating a technical and audible relationship with the guitar. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) was influenced by Couperin, who pioneered the style luthé or 'lute style' of harpsichord playing, and Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) lived in Spain for much of his life; he was greatly influenced by the Spanish guitar, and his use of repeated notes in his sonatas was intended to emulate the instrument.

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