Comments on: Every Scarlatti Sonata, Ranked https://van-magazine.com/mag/scarlatti-sonatas-ranked/ An independent online classical music magazine Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:22:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wednesday | Charlotte was Both https://van-magazine.com/mag/scarlatti-sonatas-ranked/#comment-11090 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:43:55 +0000 http://scarlatti-ranked#comment-11090 […] And for my part, I picked out a couple more Scarlatti for my own playing – using this list. […]

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By: Vintage Prada and Snow • VAN Magazine https://van-magazine.com/mag/scarlatti-sonatas-ranked/#comment-11010 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:46:38 +0000 http://scarlatti-ranked#comment-11010 […] Much as we like to fetishize the process, listening is an inherently simple act. The most complete definition, provided by Pauline Oliveros, consists of “directing attention to what is heard, gathering meaning, interpreting, and deciding on action.” It’s the “gathering meaning” and “interpreting” bit that tends to cause a traffic jam of sorts. There’s academic meaning and interpretation, a ramrod, straight-backed form of gathering that tends to resemble ecumenical sadism. There’s a less rigorous sort of psycho-emotional listening, charting a composer’s biography through their works, mapping their emotional states onto each diminuendo and fortissimo. There’s a completist form of listening that, depending on the subject, can start to feel like living in the movie “Groundhog Day”—“Well, it’s Scarlatti sonatas…again.”  […]

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By: The Prodigy Complex • VAN Magazine https://van-magazine.com/mag/scarlatti-sonatas-ranked/#comment-7728 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:52:03 +0000 http://scarlatti-ranked#comment-7728 […] able to juggle, all you need is excellent physical coordination. The spectacle of a child playing a Scarlatti sonata is more than that—it can be seen as a kind of acculturation to a specific, Western tradition. A […]

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