Pierre Hantaï Scarlatti Sonatas
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Hantai responds sensitively to the myriad expressive nuances of these single-movement Sonatas, overlooking none of their subtleties and underlining their striking affective contrasts. — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Clavecin
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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The astonishing technical variety and wide emotional range contained in Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas make each and every encounter a rewarding adventure in which the listener is seldom... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Instrumental Choice
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The first track (Kk535) is typical of the quickmoving sonatas that abound in this programme – an astonishing display of dexterity in which the harpsichord he uses (a 1999 copy of an anonymous... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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Pierre Hantaï… beings… with one of the composer's most intimate pieces, the D minor Sonata, K213… Hantaï discovers its poetry in unhurried and reflective playing of great beauty. In striking... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Instrumental Choice
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Hantaï demonstrates, as before, his intuitive understanding of all those subtle ingredients that make this music compelling and to my ears utterly irresistible…No detail is lost and no expressive... — More…
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Hantai’s agility is something to marvel at, especially as his playing is so clear and rhythmical, even at daringly fast speeds...this is an exceptional Scarlatti collection: three varied programmes... — More…
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