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ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Alessandro Scarlatti, a native of Palermo, made his principal career in Naples, where he was instrumental in the development of 18th-century Neapolitan opera.

Operas and Cantatas

Alessandro Scarlatti wrote more than a hundred operas and some 600 cantatas, a considerable amount of church music, and a smaller number of purely instrumental works. An important and influential composer, the nature of his compositions – particularly next to changed fashions in opera and less appetite for cantatas, serenades and oratorios of this period – has led to otherwise unjustified neglect, in spite of Scarlatti’s extreme fecundity.

Instrumental Music

Instrumental music by Alessandro Scarlatti includes keyboard toccatas and concertos as well as concerti grossi, trio sonatas and solo sonatas, all in the established style of the time.

Box Set Release	Catalogue Number
25th Anniversary Boxed Sets - Baroque	Naxos 8.501061
Festliche Barocktrompete	Naxos 8.503041
Romantic Piano Favourites Vol 2	Naxos 8.505029


Role: Classical Composer
Album Title	Catalogue No	Work Category

BACH, J.S.: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen / MELANI, A.: Qual mormorio giocondo / SCARLATTI, A.: Su le sponde del Tebro (Ziesak)	Capriccio C10583	Chamber Music, Vocal
BAROQUE TRUMPET (THE ART OF THE), Vol. 3	Naxos 8.553735	Chamber Music, Vocal, Opera
BIRTH OF THE STRINGS (R. Hartmann, J. Berger, Casal Quartet)	Solo Musica SM161	Chamber Music, Instrumental
Chamber Music (Baroque Italian) - VIVALDI, A. / JACCHINI, G. / MANFREDINI, F. / ALDROVANDINI, G. / SCARLATTI, A. / GABRIELLI, D.	Divox CDX-25226-2	Concertos, Chamber Music, Instrumental
Chamber Music (Baroque) - MANCINI, F. / SCARLATTI, A. / VALENTINI, R. (Concerti di Napoli) (Schwarz, Rebel)	Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90286	Chamber Music
CHRISTMAS MUSIC - SCARLATTI, A. / CORELLI, A. / PACHELBEL, J. / BACH, J.S. (Kirkby, London Baroque)	BIS BIS-CD-1135	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Choral - Sacred
Discover Music of the Baroque Era	Naxos Educational 8.558160-61	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Wind Ensemble/Band Music, Opera
GIGLI, Beniamino: Gigli Edition, Vol. 13: London Recordings (1947-1949)	Naxos Historical 8.111102	Vocal, Opera
GREAT BAROQUE MASTERPIECES (10-CD Box Set)	Naxos 8.501061	Concertos, Orchestral
ITALIAN CONCERTI GROSSI (Capella Istropolitana, Krcek)	Naxos 8.550877	Concertos, Orchestral
JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION (Int'l Edition) (NTSC)	Arthaus Musik 101415	Classical Concert
JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION: Jose Carreras and Montserrat Caballe (1989) (NTSC)	Arthaus Musik 101413	Classical Concert
JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION: Salzburg Recital (1989) (NTSC)	Arthaus Musik 101411	Classical Concert
LEVITZKI, Mischa: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1924-1928)	Naxos Historical 8.110688	Instrumental
Organ Recital: Rhodes, Cherry - GRIGNY, N. / SCARLATTI, A. / LISZT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / KING, L. / HAMPTON, C. / WALTER, M.J. / CORRETTE, M.	Delos DE3346	Instrumental
PEHRSSON, Clas: Music for Recorder Ensemble	BIS BIS-CD-8	Concertos, Chamber Music
Recorder Recital: Schneider, Michael - HANDEL, G.F. / TELEMANN, G.P. / BARSANTI, F. / SCARLATTI, A. / SAMMARTINI, G. / MANCINI, F. / CASTRUCCI, P.	Capriccio C49550	Chamber Music
Roman Christmas: Italian Concertos and Cantatas	Naxos 8.551077	Concertos, Chamber Music, Choral - Sacred
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, Vol. 9	Naxos 8.550218	Instrumental
SCARLATTI, A.: Cantatas (Crespo Held, Musica Poetica) - Io son pur solo / Il rossignuolo / Sento nel core / Io morirei contento / Lascia, deh lascia	Naxos 8.551283	Vocal
SCARLATTI, A.: Euridice dall'Inferno / La Concettione della Beata Vergine (Ars Lyrica Houston)	Naxos 8.570950	Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred
SCARLATTI, A.: Keyboard Music (Marcon, organ and harpsichord)	Divox CDX-79403	Instrumental
SCARLATTI, A.: Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo / STRADELLA, A.: Lamentatione per il Mercodi Santo (Schneider)	Capriccio C10411-12	Vocal, Vocal Ensemble
SCARLATTI, A.: Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo / STRADELLA, A.: Lamentatione per il Mercodi Santo (Schneider)	Capriccio C5126	Vocal, Vocal Ensemble
SCARLATTI, A.: Recorder Sonatas / Sinfonie di concerto grosso No. 12 (Concerti da Camera) (Musica Pacifica)	Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-93192	Chamber Music
SCARLATTI, A.: Sinfonie di concerto grosso (I Solisti di Milano, Ephrikian)	Newton Classics NC8802154	Orchestral
STRAVAGANZA NAPOLETANE	BIS BIS-CD-1395	Chamber Music
String Quartets - SCARLATTI, A. / SAMMARTINI, G.B. / MOZART, W.A. / BOCCHERINI, L. / HAYDN, F.J. (Birth of the String Quartet, Vol. 1) (Casal Quartet)	Solo Musica SM126	Chamber Music
UNGER-HAMILTON, C.: Discover Music of the Baroque Era (Unabridged)	Naxos AudioBooks NA495912	Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Non-Fiction, Choral - Sacred, Wind Ensemble/Band Music, Opera
Vocal Recital (Baroque): Kirkby, Emma (The Artistry of Emma Kirkby)	BIS BIS-CD-1734-35	Chamber Music, Vocal, Choral - Sacred
Vocal Recital: Bruson, Renato - BEETHOVEN, L. van / MOZART, W.A. / GLUCK, C.W. / SCARLATTI, A. / SCHUBERT, F. / DONIZETTI, G. (Liederabend)	Capriccio C10295	Vocal, Opera
Vocal Recital: De los Angeles, Victoria - SCARLATTI, D. / HANDEL, G.F. / SCHUBERT, F. / SCHUMANN, R. / STRAVINSKY, I. / RAVEL, M. / DUPARC, H. (1957)	BBC Legends BBCL4101-2	Vocal
Vocal Recital: Kohler, Axel - HANDEL, G.F. / SCARLATTI, D. / CALDARA, A. (Cantate d'amore: Italian Love Cantatas)	Capriccio C10703	Chamber Music, Vocal
Vocal Recital: Stade, Frederica - SCHUMANN, R. / CHAUSSON, E. / SCHUBERT, F. / SCARLATTI, A. / MOZART, W.A. (Duets, Arias, Scenes and Songs)	Newton Classics NC8802125	Vocal, Opera
Vocal Recital: Tebaldi, Renata - SCARLATTI, A. / HANDEL, G.F. / SARTI, G. / ROSSINI, G. / BELLINI, V. / MARTUCCI, G. / FAVARA, A. / MASETTI, E. (1956)	Naxos Classical Archives 9.80382	Vocal, Opera

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