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MUSIC OF TRIBUTE Volume 4
SCARLATTI
INTRODUCING THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED
RUSSIAN/GERMAN PIANO VIRTUOSA
VIKTORIA LAKISSOVA
Ms. Lakissova has recorded the fourth in Labor Records' "Music of Tribute" series dedicated to Scarlatti playing Scarlatti Sonatas in alternation with works written in honor of the 18th-century Italian by composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including some of the major piano titans of the past century.
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
1. Sonata in G major L 486
Jean Francaix (1912-1997)
2. Hommage à Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti
3. Sonata in B minor L 33
 Marcelle de Manziarly (1899-1989)
4. Hommage à Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti
5. Sonata in B flat major L 396
Vlastimir Nikolovski (1925-2001)
6 . Sonata in G
Domenico Scarlatti
7. Sonata in C minor L 360
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
8. Duettino (alla D. Scarlatti)
Domenico Scarlatti
9. Sonata in D major L 415
Raymond Lewenthal (1926-1988)
10. Toccata alla Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti
11. Sonata in A minor L 134
Marc-Andr é Hamelin (1961-)
12. Esercizio per pianoforte (1992)
Domenico Scarlatti
13. Sonata in F major L 432
Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
14. Concert-Allegro 5:18
Domenico Scarlatti
15. Sonata in E major L 21
Walter Steffens (1934-)
16. Hommage à Scarlatti
Gyorgy Kurt á g (1926-)
17. Hommage à D.S.
The Scarlatti in question is the great 18th century keyboard composer, Domenico Scarlatti. Eight of his miniature masterpieces are performed in alternation with 19th and 20th century works written in homage to the great Italian master.
Many of the works in tribute performed by Ms. Lakissova were created and originally performed by some of the greatest piano virtuosi of the past century. These include Leopold Godowsky whose Concert-Allegro is an arrangement of the famous A major Sonata; the young French-Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin whose Essercizio was inspired by Scarlatti and Spike Jones (!); Raymond Lewenthal, famous for his Alkan recordings and romantic revivalism; and Alkan himself, apparently one of the first to perform and arrange Scarlatti in the 19th century. The roster also includes the modernists Walter Steffens (whose teacher, Philip Jarnach was the pupil of yet another great virtuoso, Ferruccio Busoni) and the Hungarian composer Györy Kurtág. Other composers represented are Jean Françaix, the Macedonian composer Vlastimir Nikolovski, and the Russian/French/American composer Marcelle de Manziarly.

MUSIC OF TRIBUTE is a Labor Records historic series that pays homage to great composers by linking their works with music–often unknown, rediscovered or previously unrecorded–that pays homage to them.
A co-production with Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany