I think I once talked with you that I have always loved Baroque music since I was a child. (Read more about my love for classical music in Weekly Playlist: The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.) I love the elegant and classical atmosphere created by Baroque music. Baroque music also represents to me the origin of my love for classical music. And I can never stop being obsessed with it.
Today in this weekly playlist post, I would like to share with you one of my favorite albums of Baroque music composed by Domenico Scarlatti which is the “Alexandre Tharaud plays Scarlatti”.
我應該曾經分享過我對巴洛克音樂的喜愛。古典音樂風格多變，而我一向對巴洛克時期所有的優雅跟古典氣氛深深嚮往。雖然大部分人對於浪漫時期的作曲家較為熟悉，例如：貝多芬、華格納、馬勒，但是巴洛克音樂對我而言，是我對古典音樂最早的印象，也因此一直相當著迷。
今天希望跟你們分享一張我相當喜愛的巴洛克音樂專輯：華麗而靜謐的巴洛克─史卡拉第奏鳴曲集/ 亞歷山大薩洛。
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
Domenico Scarlatti was born in 1685 in Naples. Scarlatti was famous for his 555 keyboard sonatas. These sonatas are single movements, and mostly written for harpsichord or the earliest pianofortes. Since Scarlatti spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families, his music was very much influenced by Portuguese and Spanish folk music including Spanish guitar.
多明尼哥·史卡拉第 (1685–1757)
史卡拉第於1685年在義大利那部勒斯王國出生，以555首奏鳴曲聞名。這555首奏鳴曲多為大鍵琴所做，皆為單個樂章。因為史卡拉第長年為葡萄牙跟西班牙王室服務的緣故，這些奏鳴曲也深受西班牙民俗音樂的影響，也能聽出如舞曲佛郎明哥般的節奏，或是魯特琴的律動。
Alexandre Tharaud plays Scarlatti
The french pianist Alexandre Tharaud made a beautiful interpretation on these sonatas. He perfectly transferred these music made for harpsichord on modern piano, and depicted the scene of Spanish royal music for modern audiences.
Baroque music is always decorated, luxurious and passionate in the melodies. The music played by Alexandre Tharaud sounds accurate, transparent, subtle and elegant. His music is like the raindrops on the leaves in the royal garden, and the steps made of heels worn by the royalty at the magnificent palace. Besides the poetry and lightness, he also brought out the lively Spanish rhythm in the music which fully shows Scarlatti’s original works. Alexandre Tharaud’s perfect techniques made these sonatas for ancient music instruments perfectly performed on modern piano.
Through Alexandre Tharaud’s performance, we can hear the intrigues of Baroque time, and also the vintage feeling from the 17th century.
Alexandre Tharaud presents us this album of both vintage and modern. It brings us both the classic and original taste for Baroque music, and fills in our imagination of this luxury and decorated time. In this album by Alexandre Tharaud, Scarlatti’s sonatas are gentle, obsessive and blazed between notes as they have always been through hundreds of years. The only difference is: this time, the music shines in 21th century.
華麗而靜謐的巴洛克─史卡拉第奏鳴曲集/ 亞歷山大薩洛
法國鋼琴家亞歷山大薩洛選出數首奏鳴曲， 不僅完美用現代鋼琴演繹了這些巴洛克大鍵琴的作品，也將17世紀的西班牙宮廷描繪於聽眾眼前。
巴洛克音樂的旋律總是繁複、奢華且熱情，而亞歷山大薩洛的琴音也充分展現了曲目的精確、透明、細緻與高雅。如同雨珠滴落在皇室花園中的綠葉，也如同宮廷女子漫步在宮殿中的鞋跟聲響。除了詩意與輕柔之外，亞歷山大薩洛也彈出了西班牙音樂中充滿律動的旋律，活潑的節奏忠實體現了史卡拉第的創作背景與宮廷生活。這些奏鳴曲也在亞歷山大薩洛理性的技巧與感性的演奏中完美的在現代鋼琴重現。
在這張專輯中，可以聽見巴洛克時期音樂的扣人心弦，也有17世紀的復古與古典氛圍。亞歷山大薩洛在這張專輯展現了結合古典與現在的審美。專輯帶給我們最古典並且最原汁原味的巴洛克感動，也為我們滿足了對這個古典年代擁有的奢華與華麗的想像。史卡拉第的奏鳴曲同樣優雅且讓人迷戀，同樣旋律動人且情感熾熱，唯一不同的是，這次的感動，是在21世紀。
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