Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works Cristina Bianchi

• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
• 1Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 197 (Arr. for Harp)06:43
• 2Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 239 (Arr. for Harp)03:33
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983): Harp Sonata:
• 3Harp Sonata: I. Allegretto02:58
• 4Harp Sonata: II. Lento03:56
• 5Harp Sonata: III. Perpetuum mobile02:58
• Domenico Scarlatti:
• 6Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 213 (Arr. for Harp)06:22
• 7Sonata in F Major, Kk. 469 (Arr. for Harp)03:42
• Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach (1714 - 1788):
• 812 Variations über die Folie d'Espagne, Wq. 118 No. 9 (Arr. for Harp)09:12
• Domenico Scarlatti:
• 9Sonata in A Minor, Kk. 149 (Arr. for Harp)02:56
• 10Sonata in E Major, Kk. 162 (Arr. for Harp)06:22
• 11Sonata in E Minor, Kk. 198 (Arr. for Harp)03:14
• Alexander Baltin (b. 1967): 3 Préludes (Arr. for Harp):
• 123 Préludes (Arr. for Harp): No. 1, Allegretto03:56
• 133 Préludes (Arr. for Harp): No. 2, Moderato02:10
• 143 Préludes (Arr. for Harp): No. 3, Allegro moderato03:30
• Domenico Scarlatti: Selected Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts Arr. for Harp):
• 15Selected Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts Arr. for Harp): No. 22 in G Major, Allegro01:51
• 16Selected Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts Arr. for Harp): No. 23 in G Minor, Largo05:10
• Total Runtime01:08:33

Info for Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works

The award-winning Italian harpist Cristina Bianchi has been exploring the works of Domenico Scarlatti for many years, and on this album she demonstrates for the listener the inexhaustible wealth of his compositions. The programme’s other titles are largely unknown, or rarely performed on harp: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Twelve Variations on the Folie d’Espagne, for example, and the Harp Sonata by Germaine Tailleferre. There’s also a real treasure in the Three Préludes by Alexander Baltin, a contemporary Russian composer. Stylistically, his very personal musical idiom reflects the great Russian musical tradition.

Cristina Bianchi, harp

Cristina Bianchi
was born in Milan and had her first harp lessons at the age of seven with Luciana Chierici at the Milan City School of Music. She completed her diploma with the highest distinction at the age of sixteen and from 1989 to 1995 was principal harpist with the European Community Youth Orchestra and from 1996 to 2001 held the same position at the Genoa Teatro Carlo Felice. From 2001 to 2008 she was principal harpist in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and in 2007 was appointed professor of harp at the Munich Hochschule for Music and Theatre. She has been a prize-winner in a number of international competitions, including the International Harp Competition in Bloomington, the Prix Lily Laskine in Paris, the International Harp Contest in Israel and the Victor Salvi Competition in Italy. She has served on juries for various international harp competitions.

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