Description

In 1985, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Scarlattis birth, French radio broadcast a weekly series of Scarlatti Sonatas played by Scott Ross. By the end of the series, Ross had recorded the worlds first complete version of the 555 Scarlatti sonatas. Many of the sonatas had never been recorded before, even though a limited selection had featured in the repertoire of major pianists including Horowitz, Michelangeli, Gieseking, Meyer, Haskil and Gilels for decades.

Rcott Rosss personal favourite among the sonatas was No 208, which he described as: the most beautiful, even if it is also the slowest, and the happiest its the sunniest of all of them.

DOMENICO SCARLATTI 1685-1757
13 Sonatas

Scott Ross harpsichord/clavecin/Cembalo

Clavecins/Harpsichords/Cembalos:
Willard Martin (K.1/9/14/27)
Anthony Sidey (K.141/380 to 555)
William Dowd-von Nagel (K.296)

Recorded: VI.1984 to IX.1985, Radio France (Studios 103 & 107), Chapelle du Château dAssas (Hérault)
Producer/Directeur artistique/Aufnahmeleitung: Alain de Chambure
Sound Engineer/Ingénieur du son/Tonmeister: Alain Duchemin