Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonate pour 2 clavecins en do mineur, K 73
Sonate pour 2 clavecins en sol majeur, K 79-80
Sonate pour 2 clavecins en mi mineur, K 81
Sonate pour 2 clavecins en sol mineur, K 88
Sonate pour 2 clavecins en ré mineur, K 89
Sonate pour 2 clavecins en re mineur, K 90
Sonate pour 2 clavecins en sol majeur, K 91

Andreina Di Girolamo, clavecin
Silvia Rambaldi, clavecin

For many decades, students of Domenico Scarlatti, including me, have been debating about the relationship between most of Scarlatti’s Sonatas and Flamenco dance. Silvia Rambaldi and Andreina Di Girolamo deserve our praise for presenting a practical demonstration that moves beyond the boundary of words, uniting dance and harpsichord performance, by means of the collaboration of the dancer Rita Marchesini, who is an expert on both Baroque and Flamenco dance. And since very often within certain Sonatas there is an alternation between the Andalusian style and the Italian one, the dancer, with her performance, demonstrates that it is possible to “play” with both styles appropriately. (Emilia Fadini) This interesting production on the harpsichord sonatas “encrypted” by Domenico Scarlatti is accompanied by a DVD rom containing the video of the sonatas for two harpsichords filmed in the performance “La festa dorata dell'anima”, in which Rita Marchesini (historical dance and flamenco) and Alberto Rodriguez (Andalusian guitarist) join the harpsichordists Andreina di Girolamo and Silvia Rambaldi in this “field demonstration” of the influence of Italian and Spanish dance on the works of the great composer. The comments in the interview with the late Emilia Fadini are not to be missed.