D. Scarlatti: Complete piano sonatas, Vol. 9 Christoph Ullrich featuring Jens Josef

• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Andante F Major K. 296 (L. 198):
• 1Scarlatti: Andante F Major K. 296 (L. 198)10:07
• Allegro F Major K. 297 (L. S19):
• 2Scarlatti: Allegro F Major K. 297 (L. S19)04:30
• Allegro D Major K. 298 (L. S 6):
• 3Scarlatti: Allegro D Major K. 298 (L. S 6)05:55
• Allegro D Major K. 299 (L. 210):
• 4Scarlatti: Allegro D Major K. 299 (L. 210)03:38
• Andante A Major K. 300 (L. 92):
• 5Scarlatti: Andante A Major K. 300 (L. 92)07:09
• Allegro A Major K. 301 (L. 493):
• 6Scarlatti: Allegro A Major K. 301 (L. 493)04:28
• Andante C minor K. 302 (L. 7):
• 7Scarlatti: Andante C minor K. 302 (L. 7)08:30
• Allegro C minor K. 303 (L. 9 P. 212):
• 8Scarlatti: Allegro C minor K. 303 (L. 9 P. 212)04:13
• Andante G Major K. 304 (L. 88):
• 9Scarlatti: Andante G Major K. 304 (L. 88)03:33
• Allegro G Major K. 305 (L. 322):
• 10Scarlatti: Allegro G Major K. 305 (L. 322)03:27
• Allegro E Flat Major K. 306 (L. 16):
• 11Scarlatti: Allegro E Flat Major K. 306 (L. 16)04:56
• Allegro E Flat Major K. 307 (L. 115):
• 12Scarlatti: Allegro E Flat Major K. 307 (L. 115)03:03
• Cantabile C Major K. 308 (L. 359):
• 13Scarlatti: Cantabile C Major K. 308 (L. 359)07:27
• Allegro C Major K. 309 (L. 454):
• 14Scarlatti: Allegro C Major K. 309 (L. 454)04:00
• Andante B Flat Major K. 310 (L. 248):
• 15Scarlatti: Andante B Flat Major K. 310 (L. 248)07:56
• Allegro B Flat Major K. 311 (L. 144):
• 16Scarlatti: Allegro B Flat Major K. 311 (L. 144)04:01
• Allegro D Major K. 312 (L. 264):
• 17Scarlatti: Allegro D Major K. 312 (L. 264)03:59
• Allegro D Major K. 313 (L. 192):
• 18Scarlatti: Allegro D Major K. 313 (L. 192)03:38
• Allegro G Major K. 314 (L. 441):
• 19Scarlatti: Allegro G Major K. 314 (L. 441)04:55
• Allegro G minor K. 315 (L. 235):
• 20Scarlatti: Allegro G minor K. 315 (L. 235)02:58
• Allegro F Major K. 316 (L. 299):
• 21Scarlatti: Allegro F Major K. 316 (L. 299)04:42
• Allegro F Major K. 317 (L. 66):
• 22Scarlatti: Allegro F Major K. 317 (L. 66)03:55
• Andante F Sharp Major K. 318 (L. 31):
• 23Scarlatti: Andante F Sharp Major K. 318 (L. 31)04:54
• Allegro F Sharp Major K. 319 (L. 35):
• 24Scarlatti: Allegro F Sharp Major K. 319 (L. 35)04:11
• Allegro A Major K. 320 (L. 341):
• 25Scarlatti: Allegro A Major K. 320 (L. 341)03:49
• Allegro A Major K. 321 (L. 258):
• 26Scarlatti: Allegro A Major K. 321 (L. 258)02:54
• Allegro A Major K. 322 (L. 483):
• 27Scarlatti: Allegro A Major K. 322 (L. 483)03:59
• Allegro A Major K. 323 (L. 95):
• 28Scarlatti: Allegro A Major K. 323 (L. 95)02:09
• Andante G Major K. 324 (L. 332):
• 29Scarlatti: Andante G Major K. 324 (L. 332)05:05
• Allegro G Major K. 325 (L. 37):
• 30Scarlatti: Allegro G Major K. 325 (L. 37)02:31
• Jens Josef (b. 1967): Esserciz.
• 31Josef: Esserciz04:23
• Domenico Scarlatti: Dem Josef sein Scarlatti …:
• 32Scarlatti: Dem Josef sein Scarlatti ...02:26
• Scarlatti II:
• 33Scarlatti: Scarlatti II05:27
• Total Runtime02:32:48

Info for D. Scarlatti: Complete piano sonatas, Vol. 9

What is spontaneous creativity? I imagine a kind of spring, no, rather a waterfall. Something gushes forth, seemingly eternally, effortlessly and never running dry, from the pen of Domenico Scarlatti, from the fingers of Christoph Ullrich. An unimaginative person like me thinks: That's it now. He can't think of another sonata that doesn't repeat something long since invented.

But yes, there's another one! New again, different again, freshly born again. What do 555 sonatas mean? It means: an infinite number of sonatas, let anyone count them. This is exactly how Christoph Ullrich proceeds in the 12th of 17 episodes. Not only is every new Scarlatti sonata unique, but every version that Ullrich plays is also new. He cannot play such a unique piece the same way twice. He keeps telling me during the recordings: turn the tape back on, I'll try something else. Both like children at play, endlessly creative. Every version is bursting with ideas, every bar, every take. Every day, every second. All double unique! Domenico's Ullrich? Christoph's Scarlatti!

Christoph Ullrich, piano
Jens Josef, flute

Christoph Ullrich
The pianist Christoph Ullrich is always looking for a lively and unconventional engagement with the audience. This leads to interesting and contrasting solo and chamber music programs, but also to the development of new program forms. This is represented by the thematically very dense musical-literary programs with the Ensemble BonaNox, the musical theater-related concepts for children's concerts as part of laterna musica and his concert idea “Alchemy of Sound”.

Born in Göttingen, Ullrich studied with Leonard Hokanson, Claude Frank and Rudolf Buchbinder. He has lived in Frankfurt am Main since he was 8 years old.

Ullrich's multifaceted repertoire includes more than 400 works from all eras and styles since Bach.

Concert tours as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist have taken him to many European countries, to South and North America, Asia and to international festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival, the Ansbach Bach Week, the Leipzig Bach Festival, the Schubertiade Feldkirch, the Heidelberg Spring, the Würzburg Mozart Festival, the Schwetzinger Mozart Festival, the Cambridge Music Festival, the Lower Saxony Music Days, the Brandenburg Summer Concerts and the North Hesse Music Summer. He performed with important orchestras.

In addition to concert recordings for radio and television, Ullrich appeared as a pianist in several TV productions.

His CD recordings include piano works by Bach, Mozart and Schubert, musical-literary programs - The Four Elements ("Water", "Fire", "Air", "Earth"), "Night", "Janus Head" and "Traumfieber" – the complete works for cello and piano by Friedrich Kiel with the cellist Hans Zentgraf and the Winter Journey by Franz Schubert with the baritone Matthias Horn.

Since 2011, Ullrich has been recording all of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 sonatas on CD together with the Tacet label. For the first time, the series will be heard in groups of 30 sonatas in the order intended by Scarlatti. 228 sonatas have been recorded by April 2018.

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