Boris Begelman founded the Arsenale Sonoro ensemble, featured on this album, in 2014 to specialize in 18th-century repertoire.
Performer Biography
Boris Begelman, the violinist on this album, graduated with honors from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and specialized in baroque violin at the Scarlatti Conservatory in Palermo.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Domenico Scarlatti's career and music production were distinctive and original, placing him at the confluence of diverse music traditions.
Interpretation
Many of Domenico Scarlatti's sonatas on this album, preserved in the Marciana library in Venice, include figured bass marked in red ink, suggesting they were intended for solo instrument and continuo.
Compositional Technique
Passages in these sonatas, such as rapid changes of register and specific chord voicings, are more idiomatic for a string instrument like the violin than for a keyboard.
Compositional Technique
Unlike most of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, the works on this album are multi-movement pieces, comprising two to four movements in the same key.
Composition History
It is highly probable that at least four of the sonatas on this recording were conceived for violin performance, possibly influenced by the presence of violinist José de Herrando at the court of Madrid.
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