Alessandro Scarlatti

Baroque · 1660–1725

Alessandro Scarlatti was born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1660 and made his career in Rome and Naples, moving between the two whenever a better post opened up. For years he ran the music at the royal chapel in Naples, turning out operas for the city's theaters at a remarkable pace, along with church music and hundreds of chamber cantatas, short dramatic pieces for a single singer and a few instruments.

He mattered as much for what he passed on as for what he wrote. The shapes he gave to Italian opera, and to the aria, the solo song at its heart, became the starting point for the generation after him. His son Domenico, born the same year as Bach and Handel, became a famous composer in his own right.

Recordings of individual works are scattered, so the best way in is a recital program of his chamber cantatas, where one singer and a handful of players make the case for him directly.

216 works in the catalog, across 5 genres. Log what you listen to with Opus, the classical music journal for iPhone.

Chamber

Flute Sonata in G
Flute Suite in F
Flute Suite in G
Keyboard Sonata in E
Sonata a quattro in D minor, for chamber ensemble
Sonata in A major, for 2 flutes, 2 violins and continuo
Sonata in F for 3 Flutes and Continuo
Sonata in F for Flute, 2 Violins and Continuo
Sonata in F major, for chamber ensemble
Sonata in F major, for recorder and continuo
Sonata in G major, for recorder and continuo
Sonata in G minor, for chamber ensemble
Sonata no. 1, for flute and chamber ensemble
Sonata no. 2 in A minor, for flute, 2 violins, cello and continuo
Sonata no. 2 in A minor for Flute, 2 Violins, Cello and Continuo
Sonata no. 3 in C minor for Flute, 2 Violins, Cello and Continuo
Sonata no. 4 in A minor for Flute, 2 Violins, Cello and Continuo
Sonata no. 5 in A major, for flute, 2 violins, cello and continuo
Sonata no. 6 in C for Flute, 2 Violins, Cello and Continuo
Sonata no. 6 in C major, for flute, 2 violins, cello and continuo
Sonata no. 7 in D major, for chamber ensemble
Sonata no. 7 in G minor for Flute, 2 Violins, Cello and Continuo
Sonata no. 9 in A minor, for chamber ensemble
Sonata no. 12 in C minor, for chamber ensemble
Sonata no. 21 in A minor, for chamber ensemble
Sonata no. 22 in A major, for chamber ensemble
Sonata no. 24 in G minor, for chamber ensemble
Sonate a quattro no. 4 in D minor for String Quartet, "Quartet Sonata"

Keyboard

Arpeggio, Fuga, and Corrente, for keyboard
Fugue, primo tono in D minor
Fugue, secondo tono in G minor
Fugue, terzo tono in A minor
Gavotte
Introduzione quarta
Labyrintho de Labyrinthos: Interludio
Moderato in Do minore, Torino, Bibl. Nazionale Universitaria, Fondo Foà-Giordano, Ms. 394:ASOT II,
Partite varie in C
Primo e secondo libro di Toccate, for keyboard
Toccata
Toccata, Allegro, Andante, Adagio assai, Andante, Adagio, Fuga Allegro assai in C
Toccata, Arpeggio, Allegro, Arpeggio, Follia in D minor
Toccata, Arpeggio, Fuga in C
Toccata, Arpeggio, Fuga in G
Toccata, Arpeggio in G
Toccata, for keyboard, Turino Fondo Foà-Giordano MS 394
Toccata, for organ
Toccata, Fuga, Allegro, Corrente in G minor
Toccata, Fuga, Allegro, Minuetto, Presto in E minor
Toccata, Fuga, Allegro in D
Toccata, Fuga in A minor
Toccata, Fuga in D minor
Toccata, Fuga Primo Tono in D minor
Toccata, Giga in A
Toccata, Grave, Allegro, Presto, Minuetto in A minor
Toccata, Largo, Allegro, Fuga in A minor
Toccata, Minuetto in A
Toccata, Un poco Largo, Allegro in D
Toccata Alessandro Scarlatti in Re minore, Firenze
Toccata and 2 Fugues, for keyboard
Toccata and Balletto in A minor
Toccata aperta d'organo
Toccata aperta d'Organo, Balletto, Vivace in A minor
Toccata d'intavolatura in D minor, "d'ottava stesa' or 'Primo Tono"
Toccata for keyboard
Toccata for keyboard
Toccata for keyboard
Toccata for keyboard
Toccata for keyboard
Toccata for keyboard
Toccata for keyboard in A minor
Toccata for keyboard in A minor
Toccata for keyboard in A minor
Toccata for keyboard in D minor
Toccata for keyboard in E minor, Turin Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria MS
Toccata for keyboard in F
Toccata for keyboard in G
Toccata for keyboard in G a
Toccata in A
Toccata in A minor
Toccata in C
Toccata in D
Toccata in Do magg. Torino, Fondo Foà-Giorgano, Ms.394:ASOT, II, pp
Toccata in F
Toccata in G
Toccata in G minor
Toccata in Re magg.
Toccata in Sol magg, Torino, Fondo Foà-Giorgano, Ms.394:ASOT, II
Toccata in Sol magg.
Toccata no. 1
Toccata no. 2
Toccata no. 3
Toccata no. 4
Toccata no. 11
Toccata per Cembalo del Sig. Cav. Alessandro Scarlatti in Do magg.
Toccata Per Cembalo Del Sig. Scarlatti in Fa magg, Torino, Fond
Toccata per cembalo in Re minore
Toccata Scarlatti Primo Tono, Torino, Fondo Foà-Giorgano, Ms.401
Variazioni sulla Follia
Varie Partite obligate al basso in C
Vivace in La minore, Torino, Fondo Foà-Giorgano, Ms.401:ASOT, II, p.95

Orchestral

5 Concerti Sacri
6 Concerti grossi, "6 concerti in 7 parts"
Flute Concerto in D
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 1 in F major, for 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 2 in D major, for flute, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 3 in D minor, for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 4 in E minor, for flute, oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 4, for flute, oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello, and continuo in E minor
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 5 in D minor, for 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 6 in A minor, for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 7 in G minor, for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 8 in G major, for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 9 in G minor, for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 10 in A minor, for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 11 in C for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo
Sinfonie di concerto grosso no. 12 in C minor, for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello and continuo

Stage

Carlo re d'Allemagna
Gli equivoci in amore, o vero La Rosaura Opera
Il Flavio Opera
Il Mitridate Eupatore Opera
Il Pirro e Demetrio
Il Pompeo Opera
Il Prigioniero fortunato Opera
L'honestà negli amori Opera
La caduta de' Decemviri Opera
La Didone delirante, opera
La donna ancora è fedele
La Griselda Opera
La Statira Opera
Leonzio ed Eurilla,
Pericca e Varrone,
Telemaco Opera

Vocal

7 Arie con tromba sola, for voice, trumpet and continuo
36 Ariettas
A battaglia, pensieri, chamber cantata for soprano, alto, 2 violins, cello, double bass, trumpet, mandola and continuo
Abramo, il tuo sembiante, cantata for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings and continuo
Agar et Ishmaele esiliati, oratorio for soloists, strings and continuo
Ammore brutto figlio de pottana, chamber cantata for tenor and continuo
Andate, o miei sospiri, chamber cantata for soprano and continuo
Ardo, è ver, per te d'amore, chamber cantata for soprano, flute and continuo
Arsi un tempo e l'ardore
Audi filia, et inclina aurem, for chorus, oboe, 2 violins, viola, and organ
Augellin vago e canoro, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 flutes, and continuo
Ave maris stella, hymn for chorus and continuo
Benedicta et venerabilis es, gradual for soprano, chorus, 2 violins, viola, and continuo
Cain overo Il primo omicidio, oratorio for soloists, strings and continuo
Cara e dolce
Del lagrimoso lido, chamber cantata for soprano and continuo, "Euridice dall'Inferno"
Difesa non ha
Dixit Dominus, for chorus and organ
Dixit Dominus no. 4, soloists, chorus, 3 violins and continuo
Ebra d'amor fuggia, for soprano and chamber ensemble
Elitropio d'amor, for soprano or mezzo-soprano and continuo
Endimione e Cintia, serenata for 2 sopranos and instruments
Erminia, serenata for soloists, chorus and instruments
Ferma omai, fugace e bella, for alto, 2 violins, viola and continuo
Fileno, Niso e Doralbo: Serenata a Filli, for 2 sopranos, alto and chamber ensemble
Filli, tu sai s'io t'amo, for soprano, 2 recorders and continuo
Humanità e Lucifero, oratorio for soprano, tenor, piccolo, trumpet, strings and continuo
Il giardino di rose: La SS Vergine del Rosario, for soloists and orchestra
Il Martirio di S. Cecilia, oratorio for 4 voices and orchestra
Il martirio di S Teodosia, oratorio
Il Prigionier Fortunato, Sinfonia, for soprano, trumpet and orchestra
Il regno di Maria assunta in cielo, oratorio
Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme, oratorio for soloists, chorus, instruments and continuo
Il trionfo della gratia, oratorio for soloists, strings and continuo, "Santa Maria Maddalena"
Infirmata, vulnerata, for alto, 2 violins and continuo
L'assunzione della Beata Vergine Maria, for 2 sopranos, 2 altos, strings and continuo
La concettione della beata vergine, oratorio for soloists, strings and continuo
Laetatus sum, for chorus
Laetatus sum, for chorus, 2 violins and continuo
La Giuditta, oratorio for soloists, 2 flutes, trumpet, trombones, strings and continuo
La gloria di primavera, serenata for soloists, chorus and instruments
Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa
Lascia più di tormentarmi amor tiranno, chamber cantata for soprano and continuo
La speranza que lusinga, chamber cantata for soprano and continuo
Lauda Jerusalem Dominum, offertory for chorus and organ
Laudate pueri Dominum, for soprano, chorus, 2 violins, viola and continuo
Laudate pueri Dominum, for soprano, chorus, 2 violins, viola and continuo
Lontan da la sua Clori, chamber cantata for soprano and continuo
Magnificat, for chorus and organ
Magnificat, for soloists, chorus, 2 violins, viola, and continuo in D
Messa per il Santissime Natale in A major, for double chorus, 2 violins and continuo
Mori, mi dici
Mortales non auditis, for soprano, alto, 2 violins, and continuo
Nisi Dominus aedificaverit, for soprano, alto, chorus, 2 violins and continuo
Non sò qual più m'ingombra, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins and continuo, "Cantata Pastorale"
O cessate di piagarmi
O dolcissima speranza
Oh di Betlemme altera povertà, chamber cantata for soprano and strings, "Cantata pastorale per la natività di Nostre Signore"
O morte, a gli altri fosca, a me serena
Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo, for 2 sopranos, alto, choir and orchestra
O selce, o tigre, o ninfa
Per un momento solo, chamber cantata for soprano or alto and continuo, "Lo sfortunato"
Qual mia colpa, o sventura... Se diletto è l'avorarvi
Quella pace gradita, chamber cantata for soprano, flute, violin, cello and continuo
Salve regina, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Salve Regina no. 1, for soprano, alto, 2 violins and continuo
Salve Regina no. 3, for soprano, 3 violins, and continuo
San Filippo Neri, oratorio for soloists, trumpet, strings, lute and continuo
Sdegno la fiamma estinse
Se Florindo e fedele
Sento nel core certo dolore, for soprano or alto and continuo
Serafini al nostro canto, cantata for 3 voices and instruments
Sole, Urania e Clio: Le muse Urania e Clio lodano le bellezze di Filli, for 2 sopranos, alto and chamber ensemble
Son io, barbara donna, chamber cantata for alto and continuo
Spesso vibra per suo gioco
St. John Passion, for alto, bass, chorus, strings and continuo
Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins and continuo
Su, venite a consiglio, for voice and piano
Su la sponda del mare, for soprano and chamber ensemble
Su le sponde del Tebro, for soprano, 2 violins, trumpet and continuo
Totus amore languens, for alto, 2 violins and continuo
Tu sei quella che al nome, chamber cantata for alto, 2 violins, flute and continuo, "Bella donna di nome santa"
Venere e Adone: Il giardino d'amore, serenata
Vespers of Saint Cecilia, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra

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