The disc combines several of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas with Neapolitan songs by various composers of the era, exploring the influences of these songs on Scarlatti's sonatas. Scarlatti's style is notable for it's improvisatory nature as well as it's incorporation of elements of Spanish and Portuguese folk music.
4 So' LI Sorbe E Le Nespole Amare - Letizia Calandra/Francesco Cera
5 Sonata in D minor, K9 - Francesco Cera
6 Chi Disse Ca la Femmena - Letizia Calandra/Francesco Cera
7 Sonata in D minor, K176 - Francesco Cera
8 Michelemmà - Letizia Calandra/Francesco Cera
9 Sonata in G Major, K153 - Francesco Cera
10 La Nova Gelosia - Letizia Calandra/Francesco Cera
11 Sonata in C minor, K174 - Francesco Cera
12 Sonata in G Major, K241 - Francesco Cera
13 Quanno Nascette Ninno - Letizia Calandra/Francesco Cera
14 Sonata Pastorale in C Major, K513 - Francesco Cera
15 Facimmo Mo L'amore - No Quarto D'ora - Letizia Calandra/Francesco Cera
16 Sonata in B Flat Major, K202 - Francesco Cera
The disc combines several of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas with Neapolitan songs by various composers of the era, exploring the influences of these songs on Scarlatti's sonatas. Scarlatti's style is notable for it's improvisatory nature as well as it's incorporation of elements of Spanish and Portuguese folk music.
