• New Music from Pizzicar Galante - Domenico Scarlatti Mandolin Sonatas

    Pizzicar Galante - Domenico Scarlatti Mandolin Sonatas

    Brussels, Belgium — Outhere Music has announced the release of Domenico Scarlatti Mandolin Sonatas by the ensemble Pizzicar Galante.

    The Pizzicar Galante ensemble was founded in Paris in 2012 by mandolinist Anna Schivazappa and harpsichordist Fabio Antonio Falcone. They are joined on the project by Ronald Martin Alonso, viola da gamba and Daniel de Morais, theorbo.

    The recording provides a fascinating and unusual encounter between one of the most important composers of the baroque period and an instrument that originated in Naples and enjoyed great popularity throughout Europe, especially in Paris and in other European capitals during the 18th century.



    Track Listing

    • Keyboard Sonata in G Major, KK. 91: III. Grave
    • Keyboard Sonata in G Major, KK. 91: IV. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 77: I. Moderato e Cantabile
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 77: II. Minuet
    • Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, KK. 88: I. Grave
    • Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, KK. 88: II. Andante Moderato
    • Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, KK. 88: III. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, KK. 88: IV. Minuet
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 89: I. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 89: II. Grave
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 89: III. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in F Major, KK. 78: I. Gigha (Allegro)
    • Keyboard Sonata in F Major, KK. 78: II. Minuet
    • Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, KK. 35: Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, KK. 73: I. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, KK. 73: II. Minuetto
    • Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, KK. 81: I. Grave
    • Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, KK. 81: II. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, KK. 81: III. Grave
    • Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, KK. 81: IV. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 90: I. Grave
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 90: II. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 90: III. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, KK. 90: IV. Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in F Major, KK. 85: Allegro
    • Keyboard Sonata in A Minor, KK. 61: Allegro

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    1. pav's Avatar
      pav -
      We had a concert by Pizzicar Galante last Saturday (15th June 2019) in Edinburgh. The level of skill & musicality was absolutely incredible - the outer limits of mandolin practice. I took half a dozen friends who all thought it was a superb performance.

      Pav Verity. Edinburgh