279 CD / Scarlatti: Complete piano sonatas Vol. 10
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As all volumes of the complete recording of Domenico Scarlatti's piano sonatas are released on CD, all the booklets also contain texts on the music. Thomas Seedorf has accompanied the series as musicologist from the beginning. In most cases, Christoph Ullrich contributes his own thoughts. Both very different. In each volume, both have a theme that is particularly appropriate to the sonatas collected. In this case, Thomas Seedorf focuses on the music-historical categorisation of Scarlatti, which is particularly interesting in comparison to his two colleagues born in the same year, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Christoph Ullrich devotes himself to the 'being a child' of artists in general, that of Domenico Scarlatti in particular and his own. Both texts are very enriching. Not much more needs to be said about the music. Anyone who has listened to one of the 13 volumes already released knows about the delightful standard of Christoph Ullrich's Scarlatti.
Further information about the Scarlatti Project.
Christoph Ullrich on Youtube: Sonata in g moll K 8, Allegro and Sonata in C major, K 487, Allegro
3 reviews for 279 CD / Scarlatti: Complete piano sonatas Vol. 10
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Klassik heute –
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[…] Considering Domenico Scarlatti’s lifespan – 1685 to 1757 – it is remarkable how Baroque influences recede in favor of a more pre-Classical, light, “galant” style in the work of this composer, who was a contemporary of Bach and Handel. This is where Ullrich comes into his own, mastering dance-like, songful, and virtuosic episodes with playful ease. He succeeds in capturing the unique musical language of the Italian composer who emigrated to Spain. The range from profound seriousness to subtle, and at times even coarse, humor is tastefully illuminated. A surprise comes with the G major Sonata K. 328, marked “Andante comodo”: here, he leaps from the piano to the organ sound—Bach sends his regards from afar!
Das Booklet vereint in englischer und deutscher Sprache aufschlussreiche Aufsätze von Thomas Seedorf und Christoph Ullrich, die der besonderen Situation und Stilistik Scarlattis gewidmet sind.
Klaus Trapp
Audio und Stereoplay 4/25 –
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A life’s work that began in 2011 is now heading into the home stretch: Christoph Ullrich has now recorded more than three-quarters of all 555 Scarlatti sonatas on concert grand piano for the TACET label. In this latest installment, he remains true to his interpretive style—crystal-clear, almost pedal-free transparency, adorned with spirited yet never excessive ornamentation. This new batch is dominated by playfulness, a spirit of experimentation, and at times, sheer exuberance. There are mischievous leaps (K. 331), babbling prestissimo passages (K. 348), graceful elegance (K. 356), and shimmering trills (K. 357). Ullrich’s delicate Scarlatti reveals itself as an inexhaustible cosmos of original ideas and wise melancholy.
Otto Paul Burkhardt
Pizzicato –
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The versatile German pianist and chamber musician Christoph Ullrich continues his series of complete recordings of the Scarlatti sonatas with the sonatas K. 326-357. As in the twelve previous volumes, he remains true to his clear objective: he brings the music to life with admirable quality and freshness, without extravagance, with light, lively and dynamically differentiated as well as tastefully ornamented playing. The sound recording is of captivating presence and naturalness.
Norbert Tischer