Release Date: 03 February 2017
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Super Jewel Case (SACD)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623198767
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Release Date: 03 February 2017
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Super Jewel Case (SACD)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623198767
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Description
Antonio Scarlatti was hired as the Spanish Queen MarÃa Bárbara's personal fitness coach. In order to perfect her keyboard artistry, the monarch had the talented Neapolitan composer write countless exercises for her.
The Japanese pianist Eri Mantani has assembled a fascinating personal selection from the 555 extant "Sonatas" that really have nothing in common with dull études – a debut album bursting with energy that could not be more entertaining.
The queen must have had considerable capabilities as a keyboard artist: gigantic leaps, highly virtuosic runs, and crossing of the hands that even today challenge every keyboard performer's technique.
Eri Mantani knows how to generate this Mediterranean flair on the mighty Steinway D. This sound picture, crystal-clear even in stereo, should be fully relished in 3D - which makes this fine Super Audio CD a sumptuous audiophile experience.
Tracklisting
Chimaera Trio
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
dogma chamber orchestra, Mikhail Gurewitsch
Yubo Zhou
Rainer Kussmaul, Sonja Prunnbauer
Trio Parnassus
Katharina Kammerloher, Arttu Kataja, Eric Schneider
BachWerkVokal, Gordon Safari
Laurens de Man
Lestari Scholtes
Natalia Pegarkova-Barenboim
Various artists
Pina Napolitano
Various Artists
Nicolai Lugansky
Tom Beghin