Scarlatti Sonata in A major K.208 - Paul Barton, piano
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2016
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So classical! Yet Scarlatti lived decades before Mozart or Haydn! Truly an inovator.
The roots of Western classical music are in Italy, check clementi, scarlatti, vivaldi, castello, monteverdi, Palestrina etc etc etc.
K208 not Classical in any way; it’s a Baroque aria for keyboard.
@elaineblackhurst1509 baroque is part of the wider western classical music label
1:05 that c#min7 chord as a deceptive cadence is amazing!
It's 2:45am. I'm listening once again to Paul Barton... Perfect night cap before bed.
Thanks Paul
Sleep tight
Amazing Scarlatti can make such a simple piece sound so beautiful. As usual performance is top notch.
Scarlatti have some simple piece. But it's very good to practice fingering
Thank you very much Mr Barton for your beautiful interpretations. Scarlatti was trully ahead of his time
This sonata has its very own qualities. It's a very beautiful one.
Simple and beautiful! When the composer has feelings to release in the composition, even the most simple motifs can mean entire phrases. This is the style i like to compose on.
Paul, you draw out the beauty hidden in this apparently simple, but profound Scarlatti piece!
An number of commentators in this thread seem insistent on claiming that they hear Mozart/Haydn/Brahms and whoever, or that this sonata doesn’t sound like Baroque, or that it is ahead of its time, and various other nonsense.
In short: this is quintessential Scarlatti, and a little masterpiece; forget the rest, it sounds like Scarlatti - nobody else - because it is Scarlatti.
Whilst not universally accepted, in Ralph Kirkpatrick’s essential biography, he suggests that 388 sonatas were conceived as pairs (with another 12 as triptychs ie threes); the contemplative K208 works particularly well with its pair K209 which in contrast, is a dance like ‘jota’.
Very nice piece, thanks Paul for these beautiful Scarlatti's recordings and uploads.
Such a wonderful piece played by a wonderful and generous pianist and artist! Thank you! xox
paul, splendid as always. thank you for your art!
god those changes are amazing. incredibly ahead of their time
I agree. Some sound contemporary. I wonder if they seemed jarring to listeners in Scarlatti’s day.
@@stevenhartlaub4557
I disagree; Scarlatti is entirely of his own time and his music reflects better than most the sounds and rhythms he heard all around him initially in Italy, but more particularly later in Portugal and Spain.
I think you are right and I am wrong.@@elaineblackhurst1509
Very beautiful in its simplicity.
In two words, absolutely exquisite
BEAUTIFUL!
This is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you. :)
Magnificent piece...
This sonata stands out from his rest. So precious
If you are speaking from a position of knowing all 555 sonatas then I would dispute your claim; if not, then I suggest you wait until you do know the entire corpus before making such claims.
That said, you’re right, it is a very fine sonata and very precious.
Beautiful, Paul. Congratulations
Thanks because you let me know the Grace and the Beauty.
Superbe interprétation pour cette sonate si paisible et mélancolique !
Brings serenity !
Lo que confunde a la gente es que una obra barroca se toque en un piano moderno y con pedal de resonancia, algo fuera de tiempo en la época de Scarlatti, lo que hace que suene "moderno" . Esto, unido al tono melancólico, "romántico " y ese acompañamiento tan poco "contrapuntístico" es lo que confunde al público. Sí es cierto que un acompañamiento de este tipo apunta más al Pre- Clasicismo que al Barroco de un Bach o un Vivaldi, así que tampoco van tan desencaminados los oyentes. No es tan "nonsense"...
Sunproof in A major ways !
Beautiful!
🌱
0:45 those chords...
Way before his time, with film music elements
@@Jimbarleyy
They were written by Scarlatti whilst he was still alive, so are clearly *of* his own time.
This is sweet. Only the uninitiated or naive consider it simple, and it very well well illustrates PB's wonderful musicianship.
Hermosas sonatas sigue así.
Thanks Paul
Master Barton, estoy aprendiendo a tocar apenas esta sonata, y tu interpretación me ha servido de guia para darme una idea de como tocarla. Aunque me hubiera gustado poder ver bien en que momentos usar el pedal, porque no tengo mucha experiencia en él.
Como sea, gracias por compartirlo.
wonderful
Какое прелестное произведение!!!!
nice recording, headset friendly! thx :)
Brawo!
Webtoon yuuko's gloomy days brought me here, i miss my piano, i didn't play it for a while
Whattt was this piece somewhere in the webtoon? I didn't realise that (probs missed it) but makes me want to play it more lol
👍👍👍I already enjoy this piece for exam
Yeah that one sounds great
Ah, you again.
nice
waw very Nice
God I love that inverted 4th in measure 8.
Paul, this is a magnificently sensitive performance. Do you ever try varying repeats?
Wow, this doesn't even sound baroque, Scarlatti was really ahead of his time.
Scarlatti spent a good bit of time in the Spanish court, and there was a definite Mediterranean influence on Spanish music, which spills into Scarlatti to some degree. Mainly from the Moorish era of Iberia.
Correcto, para ese momento el barroco ya estaba en una especie de etapa tardía por lo que Scarlatti, compone bajo la influencia del naciente clasismo, además de dotar sus piezas de un estilo Sturm und Drang
@@hansm8289
Incorrect x3.
1. Scarlatti was *of* his time (as were all composers).
2. There is *no* hint of the coming Classical age in this typically Baroque aria.
3. There is absolutely not even the faintest trace of sturm und drang in this sonata.
Hey, Paul.
I'm a big fan of your style of, and general approach to, the piano. Could you tell me the overall way you would think of your hands and fingers moving on the keyboard when you practice? The general technical approach you take from a physical standpoint when you sit down at the instrument? I have small and naturally relaxed, but kind of weak hands/fingers, so I'd like to know what if you have a similar physical touch and how you think of the balance between looseness and firmness of the hands/fingers/wrists. I tend to struggle with that, thinking between a loose, "Chopin-esque" technique, and a more firm and Bach or Czerny/Liszt-like technique.
Sorry if it's perhaps a "silly" question, but I only ever really see people who have very "pianistic" hands, and I know enough of my own body to know that I'm just a bit different from them. I'd say I have hands about the size of Daniel Barenboim, if that makes any difference.
Superbe
It sounds like it could be the second movement to a keyboard concerto.
Scott Ross's favorite of the 555.
No wonder...
Toll
Is it possible that in 1:17 the whole note actually lasts as a half note? Why's that?
that's the tempo!
Scarlatti was ahead!
Scarlatti the Impressionist?
Hhmm half of the "impressionist" in Scarlatti comes because of being performed in modern piano.
@@katitadeb the other half is his ingeniuity
Baroque impressionist - yes;
anything else - no.
Paul, that was delightful. I would like to ask your opinion, though. My piano teatcher, when I was a teen, would kill me if I used the sustain pedal as you do in this piece. The same as on Bach pieces. What's the deal on using sustaining on baroque key music? Thank you, and good job!
They didn't have sustain pedal at that time, so most people like remaining faithful to this and don't use pedal with baroque music. Nevertheless, like everything, pianos have improved enormously in time. If we have sustain pedal and you like it, you can choose to use it when appropriate. It's up to you, everyone has different tastes in music and on how to render pieces. Hope this helps 🙂
0:24 Parallel fifths in the left hand
Some midnight Gyoza brought me here.....
Episode 10 season 2.
She is well-known pianist, I think.🌷
por favor Paul, sube mas piezas de esa dificultad de nivel, soy principiante algun dia llegare a ser como tu, en piano y oleo
Scarlatti in piano, such a beautiful sound, Scarlatti in Harpsichord, such a unique sound
I played this at my senior recital in college
I never did understand why m. 25 has an incorrect rhythm printed in the score.
little slow but beautiful
0:07
can someone please explain to me why Paul overplayed the mordent at 1:03 and onwards? is it just his interpretation of the sheet music?
I know I'm 2 years late, but just to clarify, that can be a trill also. Yes, it is also a mordent, but in this case, it could be played as a trill.
I wonder why my notes are staccato on the left and this isn’t 😐
Repeated notes using same finger?
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3:15 wrong demisemiquaver direction
Link doesn't have sheet music.
For me, Scarlatti modernize Baroque music, I never see anyone use modern chords
練習用 2:30
Did u use pedal?
don’t mind me bookmarking 2:31
Have you considered writing your own piece?
... I sometimes write music but I doubt if anyone would consider my pieces to be musical.
+Paul Barton
Paul, if you compose as well as you play, paint and inspire others, I'm sure we would all love to hear your own music!
+Paul Barton
I'd love to hear your music.
+Paul Barton we welcome anyone who can inspire us through music to share his voice...
Paul, please show us your music. Music is the most beatiful thing ever created and must be shared with the world.
Me encanta. No sé si soy el único, pero me recuerda a música de Minecraft.
Why I feel Mozart and Brahms with this sonata? 🤔
Because Scarlatti is one of the giants the shoulders of whom these geniuses stood on.
Because you are mistaken.
@@elaineblackhurst1509😢
what grade is this piece sire??
Probably grade 3
Dont' stick to "grade" notation, perhaps you could learn this after a few months, and without being a genius
Ogunbowale Olamide In fact it is DipABRSM level
Grade 5/6 ABRSM, like 50% of all Scarlatti-Sonatas
Itvis dip abrsm piece in fact
First comment!!!
cocomelin kinda lit (also using this for my music project thank you)
chrissy wake up
Paul i enjoy a lot your playing. In the second part though in the first trill(not tremulo) you had both times wrong ending. Its A then G# and then A. You played A, B, A
0:06
Strange fingering… So much substitutions ! Why at the eight bar, you put 1>2>3 ?
There are some general rules about fingering, such as playing scalic figures, arpeggi, repeated notes, and the like, but otherwise it’s not an exact science and you need find what works for you which may not be what works best for someone else.
The most obvious differences might occur between a young girl or boy with a small hand playing this sonata as an ABRSM Grade 6 exam piece when compared to an adult man who would be likely to have a much larger hand.
Sounds so Mozartean!
Kind of
@@Ekvitarius I came from the video 17th century fashion
Christian new too
You may care to consider in some free moment the possibility that it just might be the case that in a moment of confusion that it may well prove to be that you have created an imaginary perceived link between two very different composers that in the cold light of day, simply does not exist.
Lol 69th comment I had to I-
Some of Scarlatti's work seem uninspired and even plain. This one, I don't care for as much.
chopin & brahms would disagree.
@@pianistjustforfun The great harpsichordist Scott Ross would have also disagreed - he didn't hesitate to name Kk. 208 as his fave of all 555. He was the first, and so far only, to record all 555.
Uh...okay
If you don’t like K208, that’s a personal opinion and the business of nobody else; it’s *not* however ‘…uninspired and even plain’, it’s a Baroque aria for the keyboard, and clearly as such, it is in short, written in a musical language you do not understand.