Scarlatti — Selected Sonatas, Volume 2

Catalog: CACD 9209-2 • Status: Identified

CD Covers

Hatto cover
Concert Artist 9209-2 • Joyce Hatto
Pagny cover
De Plein Vent 9346 • Patricia Pagny
Szokolay cover
Naxos 8.550252 • Balázs Szokolay
Babayan cover
Pro Piano 224 506 • Sergei Babayan

Capsule Summary

This CD is derived mainly from Patricia Pagny’s De Plein Vent recording, with additional tracks taken from Balázs Szokolay and Sergei Babayan. Track 11 is subject to tempo manipulation, though early pressings of this CD do not exhibit the alteration. Early pressings also list Sonata K. 87 as track 8 (the same performance as on Scarlatti Volume 1), later replaced with K. 208 while the inlay still incorrectly names K. 87. The amplitude of the Pagny tracks has been significantly reduced on the Hatto version.

Thanks to Seth Adelman for identifying all tracks. His original posting can be read here.

Sources

  • Patricia Pagny — De Plein Vent 9346 (Tracks 2–5, 9–11, 13, 16–19)
  • Balázs Szokolay — Naxos 8.550252 (Tracks 7, 8, 12, 14)
  • Sergei Babayan — Pro Piano 224 506 (Tracks 1, 6, 15)

Track Evidence

Track 1: Sonata in G minor L 488 / K 8

Babayan waveform

Babayan (4:30)

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Hatto (4:30)

Track 2: Sonata in A major L 391 / K 39

Pagny waveform

Pagny (2:38)

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Hatto (2:38)

Track 3: Sonata in G minor L 13 / K 60

Pagny waveform

Pagny (2:18)

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Hatto (2:18)

Track 4: Sonata in G major L 84 / K 63

Pagny waveform

Pagny (2:09)

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Hatto (2:09)

Track 5: Sonata in D major L 465 / K 96

Pagny waveform

Pagny (5:10)

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Hatto (5:10)

Track 6: Sonata in D major L 122 / K 118

Babayan waveform

Babayan (4:26)

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Hatto (4:26)

Track 7: Sonata in C major L 457 / K 132

Szokolay waveform

Szokolay (3:16)

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Hatto (3:16)

Track 8: Sonata in A major L 238 / K 208

Szokolay waveform

Szokolay (2:27)

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Hatto (2:27)

Track 9: Sonata in A major L 428 / K 209

Pagny waveform

Pagny (3:56)

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Hatto (3:56)

Track 10: Sonata in F minor L 281 / K 239

Pagny waveform

Pagny (3:10)

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Hatto (3:10)

Track 11: Sonata in F-sharp major L 35 / K 319

Pagny waveform

Pagny (4:02)

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Hatto (4:09) — slowed ≈ 3.24% on some releases

Track 12: Sonata in A major L 483 / K 322

Szokolay waveform

Szokolay (3:14)

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Hatto (3:14)

Track 13: Sonata in E-flat major L 17 / K 371

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Pagny (2:54)

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Hatto (2:54)

Track 14: Sonata in E-flat major L 203 / K 474

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Szokolay (3:56)

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Hatto (3:56)

Track 15: Sonata in G major L 286 / K 427

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Babayan (2:11)

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Hatto (2:11)

Track 16: Sonata in D major L 463 / K 430

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Pagny (3:07)

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Hatto (3:07)

Track 17: Sonata in G major L 184 / K 454

Pagny waveform

Pagny (4:54)

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Hatto (4:54)

Track 18: Sonata in D major L 14 / K 492

Pagny waveform

Pagny (4:19)

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Hatto (4:19)

Track 19: Sonata in E major L 426 / K 495

Pagny waveform

Pagny (4:05)

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Hatto (4:05)