D. Scarlatti: Mandolin Sonatas

Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): Physical purchase: Artist: Artemandoline, Mari Fé Pavón (baroque mandolin), Manuel Muñoz (baroque guitar), Jean-Daniel Haro (viola da gamba), Jean-Christophe Leclère (harpsichord) In Domenico Scarlatti’s vast output of 555 keyboard sonatas, there are a small number of works that are especially interesting to musicologists because of characteristics such as figured bass, three- or four-movement structure, and distinctive melodic lines that are particularly appropriate for a high-pitched solo instrument. Some experts believe that these works were written for the violin; on this recording, after meticulous research and the discovery of an important new manuscript at the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal in Paris, the members of Artemandoline propose the fascinating