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Composers of the Week: the Scarlattis

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Domenico Scarlatti is best known for his hundreds of spectacular keyboard sonatas, but before he left Italy he spent time in the service of the Polish queen Maria Casimira in Rome. There he wrote operas, cantatas, and church music for the Basilica Giulia.
D Scarlatti Iste Confessor
Libby Crabtree (soprano), the Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers A Scarlatti Sonata in A minor
Giovanni Antonini (recorder), II Giardino Armonico
D Scarlatti Sonatas: in C minor,
Kk 115; Kkll6
Andreas Staier (harpsichord) D Scarlatti Stabat Mater
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral,
Oxford, conductor Francis Grier Repeated from last Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Domenico Scarlatti
Soprano:
Libby Crabtree
Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Unknown:
Giovanni Antonini
Harpsichord:
Andreas Staier
Conductor:
Francis Grier
Source: Radio Times

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