Domenico SCARLATTI - Harpsichord Sonata K 159

[Philippe BAYLAC]

Hi,

It's not usual to find the opportunity to listen solo instrument music on the forum. Therefore, I decided to make a small exception today with this Scarlatti sonata played on the superbly sampled harpsichord of the VSL. The harpsichord, an instrument very rich in harmonics and particularly difficult to sample.

Scarlatti - sonata K 159

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Philippe

[MMKA]

I enjoyed very much listening to it. Beautiful sound, beautiful performance. Thanks for sharing!

[Macker]

A truly delightful rendition- bravo Philippe.

Agreed that VSL have done a fine job in sampling this instrument. I can't tell: are there velocity-dependendent release samples?

I bought an EXS24 single-manual harpsichord sample set (with velocity-dependent release samples) from Spain a while back. It has a beautifully dramatic and colourful sound but includes very noisy lever action which I managed to tame somewhat with high-pass filtering. I've been thinking about buying this VSL sample set because I fancy a dual-manual instrument; you've pretty much made up my mind for me now - I want it!

[Jos Wylin]

Hi Philippe,

Fantastic performance and such a sweet, polished sound of the VSL harpsichord. I love the basses and their rich sonority!

Jos

 

 

[Philippe BAYLAC]

Thanks Jos, it's nice of you.

Nice instrument indeed, i am just wondering why they sampled just one 8' alone (seems to be the front one) and not the other one. It's really a huge lack for  harpsichordist because the sound of the upper keyboard is very different. Maybe Paul could give us the answer....

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