Lucas Debargue - Scarlatti: Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 253

Official music video of Lucas Debargue performing Scarlatti: 'Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 253'' (from Scarlatti: 52 Sonatas).
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Lucas Debargue breathes new life into the harpsichord sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and presents works outside the standard piano repertoire.
International album release: 4 Oct 2019
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[@robertovecchiolkn8030]

Masterful…

[@jcsmith3702]

Scsrlatti has a gift that few composers have: conciseness!!! Immaculate writing and beautiful playing.

[@RalphHancock]

Scarlatti has a way of sounding like much later composers, such as Haydn and Chopin. But here he goes farther and I think we're witnessing The Birth of the Boogie.

[@surkova_a]

🌹

[@adrianoseresi3525]

What a remarkable sonata; I've never heard any quite like it. Scarlatti is possibly one of the most original composers I know. And such great fun and beauty too!

[@user-qo8tn1hb3h]

И Скарлатти, и Люка Дебарг великолепны! СПАСИБО, музыка, ТЕБЕ...

[@leonpetersen7346]

wow

[@gaudetjaja]

I was moved to tears by the beautiful execution of this piece. Masterful. And this happens almost never. I am not someone who usually sheds tears due to any piece of music. But today you achieved this. Well done.

[@adrianoseresi3525]

That middle section is astounding; haunting almost. And I love this instrument! It's soft tone seems so apt for Scarlatti.

[@MrStiveun]

I guess you mean the B section (AABB). A magical Scarlattian whirlwind.

[@adrianoseresi3525]

@@MrStiveun It's actually rather interesting that you mention that. In the formal academic context, I believe that Scarlatti's sonatas of this kind are strictly categorised as binary form. In this sense I would agree with you that I am referring to, specifically, the opening of the B section, as you point out. I am partial, however, to a slightly more complex view that his pieces are of a proto-sonata form. They really have the foundational elements of a sonata form, and, in this context, the middle section is the equivalent to the development section; that haunting, astounding music as I described it. Hence, taking this view into account, I do not think it is incorrect to refer to this section as a 'middle section', in between the exposition and the recapitulation. If we were to transpose from one context to the other, I should say that the A section is the exposition only, and the development and recapitulation form the B section.

[@MrStiveun]

@@adrianoseresi3525 I understand, I agree with you, that's interesting !

[@Cvd36]

Légèreté et délicatesse 👏👏👏 Merci pour tant de bonheur ☀️

[@lestableauxquiparlent-by-fr]

Merveille absolue !

[@jean-michelprillieux5012]

Incroyable sonate ! A se rouler par terre !

[@nickcastle9201]

Dans un monde extrêmement concurrentiel tous les détails sont importants. Je remarque avec plaisir votre légère transformation d'apparence, votre changement de look et modestement j'adhère au résultat. C'est réussi. Concernant votre musicalité il y a bien longtemps que j'y souscris.

[@apistosig4173]

gawd - just gorgeous!

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Superbly crisp and clear playing, and perfectly recorded and presented. Another concise masterpiece from Scarlatti that have never heard from any other pianist. The piano tone here rings like fine bone china in the treble, but glows like warm wood in the bass; just gorgeous. Not a modern Steinway, but not a 'plucked' fortepiano either... something rare in between the two, like a Broadwood or Pleyel? Whatever it is... a magical instrument, performer and composer. Perhaps Lucas Debargue could make another 4-CD set in the future, there may be another 52 diamonds to be mined in the remaining 503 sonatas!

[@RalphHancock]

It's a Pleyel, as looking carefully at the video shows. I suppose that Lucas Debargue, who goes for a crisp un-resonant sound and almost never touches the pedal, likes this old instrument and it certainly seems to match his style. As for the video, it seems a bit odd to be hearing the freshness of Scarlatti in the chokingly overdecorated surroundings of a late 19th century French concert hall, but the music is the thing and he plays it very well indeed.

[@tomowenpianochannel]

@@RalphHancock Thanks! should have looked as well as listened

[@499735]

We are almost certainly not hearing the ~ 6ft long, antique Pleyel that Debargue is playing in the video and that likely belongs to the hall. The audio sounds exactly like the modern Bosendorfer concert grand Debargue used to record this and 51 other Scarlatti sonatas for his album. And note the absence of visible microphones. While more distant microphones could have been used, that would have produced a more obviously distant sound than the close and focused sound of the audio track of this video. So while I can’t say for sure, I conclude that the engineers dubbed the album performance into this video. I have absolutely no problem with that. Bruce Liu seems to have done something similar for the promotional videos for his new album of French piano music.

[@francoiserenou1287]

Ce pianiste a un toucher si fin des plans sonores innombrables et une telle musicalité qu'il peut tout réinventer ( il a aussi plein dimagination) Le résultat est merveilleux le plus souvent. Ici par exemple, je trouve. Parfois, il me semble cependant que ses immenses qualités musicales lui sont un piège et qu'il se sert de l'œuvre plus qu'il ne la sert. Un ovni à coup sur. Un très grand pianiste.

[@wimlassche]

Phenomenal Scarlatti here, so well played!! That piano sounds outstanding too! All comes together in this beautiful surrounding, thank you!

[@renefeijen5916]

So nice to hear some different sound from always Steinway

[@liloruf2838]

Debargue is one of a kind.

[@musicaantica516]

Stupendo 🤩

[@izamara_8759]

❤️ Bravo!

[@AnnaNadiryan]

Bravo!

[@nezabvennaya8100]

Bravissimo!

[@qazmatron]

K253 (this performance) with a pretty good animated score: zD0cEZ_W640

[@pluton17432]

Bonne interprétation; cependant je suis un peu derouté par le son du piano; c'est un pleyel quart de queue, un modèle rare et ancien; cependant il sonne comme un steinway un peu mat, est-ce qu'il y a eu une restauration et comment ?

[@dbadagna]

Do you think this sonata may have been inspired by Spanish bagpipes such as the gaita asturiana? v=p627LO8xmpM

[@yuk_notkim7658]

I think it's possible. Scarlatti loved Spanish music.

[@catherinemalian9558]

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[@eri7-11]

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[@catherinemalian9558]

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[@NyebolszinAntal1968]

Bravo!