Domenico Scarlatti Complete Sonatas Pieter Jan Belder [vol.11 & 12 From 12]

In 2007 the Dutch harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder finished his recording of all the keyboard sonatas in sequential order for the label Brilliant Classics. Ditto Richard Lester, for the Nimbus label. The Naxos label is currently working on a project to record all of Scarlatti's sonatas on the piano, with each disc taken by a different pianist. The Italian Stradivarius label's Scarlatti sonata project, mostly recorded with harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone, currently stands at volume 10. According to an official at the label, there are talks to continue with the project

Jean-François Dandrieu was born in August or September 1682 on rue Saint-Louis, Île de la Cité, Paris. He was the eldest of at least four children and showed such musical precocity that it is reported he played the harpsichord for Louis XIV and his court at the age of five. It can be assumed that his reputation led to great demand for his services as a performer, since he travelled outside Paris as a musician on several occasions. He was not the first musical Dandrieu: his uncle, Pierre, trained as a priest and organist in Angers. It is possible that it was he who organised Jean-François’s studies with the harpsichordist and composer Jean-Baptiste Moreau, a fellow Angevin and near contemporary.

Henry Purcell - Complete Chamber Music - Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder [1/7]
CD 1: Twelve Sonatas of three parts (1683)
Classical, Baroque | 1 CD | EAC | FLAC, CUE, LOG | Scans | 431 MB
Recorded: June 2007, Doopsgezinde Kerk Deventer
Released: 2008 | Label: Brilliant 93647/1 | TT: 78:33 | RS
Musica Amphion (Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata - violin,
Rainer Zipperling - viola da gamba,
Pieter-Jan Belder - harpsich. & organ)

Though he is better known for his theater music, Henry Purcell did not altogether neglect chamber music, and his chamber music is arguably as characteristic and successful as his dramatic music. That argument is made here by the Dutch period-instrument ensemble Musica Amphion under the direction of harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder. First-rate players all, the Dutch musicians are wholly up to the challenges of Purcell's music. The one set of Fantasias for strings and two sets of sonatas for strings have the rich, warm ensemble sound and strong approach to tempo that suit the music so well. The soloists in the Sonata for trumpet and the Suite for two violins are easily in the same league as the best-known international players. And Belder, a student of Bob van Asperen, is everything one could want in the suites and miscellaneous pieces for harpsichord: agile, expressive, and always accurate. Recorded in 2006 and 2007, the sound here is bright and clear, yet atmospheric. (James Leonard, allmusic.com)