Vocal Works by Domenico Scarlatti Key2Singing

• 1 Te Deum 05:59
• 2 Stabat Mater 02:35
• 3 Cujus animam gementem 03:49
• 4 Quis non posset contristari 02:45
• 5 Eja Mater, fons amoris 01:59
• 6 Sancta Mater, istud agas 02:39
• 7 Duetto Seleuce en Dorisbe: Ma quando mai dovranno 02:43
• 8 Araspe: Rec. Vado en aria Vezzosi lumi 02:43
• 9 Aria Seleuce: Non son le pene mie 03:37
• 10 Fac me vere tecum flere 01:19
• 11 Juxta crucem 02:16
• 12 Aria Alessandro: Pur sento 04:02
• 13 Duetto Tolomeo en Seleuce: Empia man 02:52
• 14 Tolomeo: Rec. acc. Ma tu, consorte amata 00:49
• 15 Tolomeo: aria Stille amare 03:01
• 16 Inflammatus 03:33
• 17 Fac ut animae donetur paradisi gloria 03:02
• 18 Amen 02:00
• 19 Laetatus sum 09:57
• 20 Loquebar 01:21
• 21 Gloria Patri (adagio) 03:17
• Total Runtime 01:06:18

Info for Vocal Works by Domenico Scarlatti

Key2Singing presents opera and choral works by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) in a single theatrical performance. A musical experience that shines a light on unknown, yet high quality baroque vocal compositions. In a newly designed format you will experience the essence of baroque music as composed and performed in Domenico’s time. The programme consists of the religious works Te Deum, Laetatus sum and Stabat Mater combined with a specially abridged version of his opera Tolomeo e Alessandro.

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was born in Napels on the 26th of October 1685 as the sixth of ten children to parents Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonia Anzalone. Alessandro was already by then a famous composer. It is not clear who taught Domenico music. Perhaps it was Francesco Gasparini, Bernardo Pasquini or even Antonio Vivaldi during his time spent in Venice. Alessandro the father was for a time nominated as director of music at the basilica Santa Maggiore of Rome, and during this period Domenico worked there as his assistant between 1708 and 1709.

While in Rome, Domenico was appointed to the court of the Polish queen Maria Casimira de la Grange d’Anguien, who was at the time in exile there. He wrote a number of vocal works for her, including the opera Tolomeo e Alessandro ovvero La corona disprezzata (1711). In 1713 Domenico was appointed firstly as assistant director of music at the Cappella Giulia of St. Peters in Rome, and subsequently in 1714 as director of music. It is possible that he wrote his ten part Stabat Mater for the Cappella. Notably during the period in which Domenico was working and studying in Rome, he wrote many vocal and orchestral works for both secular and church clients. In addition Domenico seemed to have been a gifted harpsichordist.

It was in these his younger years that Domenico met and became friends with G. F. Handel who was spending a number of years in Italy. Cardinal Ottoboni encouraged the two musicians to enter into a musical duel with each other, the result of which that Scarlatti was declared the best harpsichordist and Handel the best organist. The two composers had great respect for each other.

Karel Smagge, organ, harpsichord
Earl Christie, theorbo
Tal Canetti, baroque cello
Ruth Houtman, 1st violin
Jan Pieter van Coolwijk, 2nd violin
Jan Willem Vis, viola
Tal Canetti, baroque cello
The Key2Singing project choir
Margot Kalse, conductor

The Key2Singing foundation
was established in 2010 with the objective of promoting the art of singing in the widest possible meaning of the word. We aim to organise and perform significant projects. Inherent in our working method is the cooperation at a high level between experienced amateur singers and professional musicians and other creative artists.

The educational aspect of this cooperation plays a very important role, and is carried out for example by means of specialised workshops and master classes. We perform our own research on original sources and manuscripts and on the techniques used with the voice for specific types of performance, e.g. Gregorian (or other) chant styles, Baroque opera, spiritual music etc. In addition we also record and publish CD’s and specialist musical scores.

Booklet for Vocal Works by Domenico Scarlatti