REINHOLD FRIEDL: SCARLATTI

TRACKLIST 01: Lilas - Zeitkratzer 02: Muguet - Zeitkratzer 03: Pissenlit - Zeitkratzer 04: Reine Des Prés - Zeitkratzer 05: Violette Des Marais - Zeitkratzer 06: Aster - Zeitkratzer INFO Little is known about DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757). His music is, so to speak, left to its own devices: free, cheeky, playful, sonorous, surprising. Harmonically strolling again and again into unforeseen regions, the ear leads, not the theory; and also the fingers get their right: playful and haptic it goes. Scarlatti explained, "since nature has given me ten fingers and my instrument provides employment for all, I see no reason why I should not use all ten of them." Freedom, friction and listening pleasure instead of convention: "He knew quite well that he had disregarded all the rules of composition in his piano pieces, but asked whether his deviation from the rules offended the ear? He believes there is almost no other rule than that of not offending the only sense whose object is music - the ear." REINHOLD FRIEDL applied this principle and composed the music for a choreography by dance company Rubato. Dance music drawn from Scarlatti, who was so inspired by dance music. The material of the piano sonata F-minor K.466 is twisted anew in all its richness, shifted back and forth, declined, frozen, noisified, sound structures extracted, floating. Those who know the sonata, will more than smell it's shadows. Dedicated to Mario Bertoncini (Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza) who was particularly fond of K.466, on which all the music presented here is grounded. Wild flowers, Barbara Zubers had once called Scarlatti's music. Let them bloom. zeitkratzer directed by Reinhold Friedl Frank Gratkowski clarinets, flutes Hild Sofie Tafjord french horn Reinhold Friedl piano Maurice de Martin percussion Burkhard Schlothauer violin, viola Ulrich Phillipp doublebass Martin Heinze doublebass credits: all music composed by Reinhold Friedl drawn from Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata f-minor K.466 commissioned by Tanzcompagnie Rubato recorded Oct 13, 2021 by Klaus Dobbrick at Uferstudios Berlin mixed 2022 by Nik Hummer at minusgroundzero Vienna mastering & lacquer cut by Kassian Troyer at D&M Berlin layout: kaidoh