Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works Cristina Bianchi

• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
• 1 Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 197 (Arr. for Harp) 06:43
• 2 Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 239 (Arr. for Harp) 03:33
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983): Harp Sonata:
• 3 Harp Sonata: I. Allegretto 02:58
• 4 Harp Sonata: II. Lento 03:56
• 5 Harp Sonata: III. Perpetuum mobile 02:58
• Domenico Scarlatti:
• 6 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 213 (Arr. for Harp) 06:22
• 7 Sonata in F Major, Kk. 469 (Arr. for Harp) 03:42
• Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach (1714 - 1788):
• 8 12 Variations über die Folie d'Espagne, Wq. 118 No. 9 (Arr. for Harp) 09:12
• Domenico Scarlatti:
• 9 Sonata in A Minor, Kk. 149 (Arr. for Harp) 02:56
• 10 Sonata in E Major, Kk. 162 (Arr. for Harp) 06:22
• 11 Sonata in E Minor, Kk. 198 (Arr. for Harp) 03:14
• Alexander Baltin (b. 1967): 3 Préludes (Arr. for Harp):
• 12 3 Préludes (Arr. for Harp): No. 1, Allegretto 03:56
• 13 3 Préludes (Arr. for Harp): No. 2, Moderato 02:10
• 14 3 Préludes (Arr. for Harp): No. 3, Allegro moderato 03:30
• Domenico Scarlatti: Selected Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts Arr. for Harp):
• 15 Selected Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts Arr. for Harp): No. 22 in G Major, Allegro 01:51
• 16 Selected Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Excerpts Arr. for Harp): No. 23 in G Minor, Largo 05:10
• Total Runtime 01:08:33

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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