Alessandro Scarlatti, a native of Palermo, made his principal career in Naples, where he was instrumental in the development of 18th-century Neapolitan opera.

Operas and Cantatas

Alessandro Scarlatti wrote more than a hundred operas and some 600 cantatas, a considerable amount of church music, and a smaller number of purely instrumental works. An important and influential composer, the nature of his compositions – particularly next to changed fashions in opera and less appetite for cantatas, serenades and oratorios of this period – has led to otherwise unjustified neglect, in spite of Scarlatti’s extreme fecundity.

Instrumental Music

Instrumental music by Alessandro Scarlatti includes keyboard toccatas and concertos as well as concerti grossi, trio sonatas and solo sonatas, all in the established style of the time.


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SCARLATTI, A.: Griselda (La) [Opera] (Festival della Valle d'Itria, 2021)
SCARLATTI, A.: Griselda (La) [Opera] (Festival della Valle d'Itria, 2021)
Composer: Scarlatti, Alessandro
Artists: Adam, Krystian -- Albano, Miriam -- Ascioti, Francesca -- Battistelli, Mariam -- Buonfrate, Carlo -- Ghislieri Choir -- Lira di Orfeo, La -- Pe, Raffaele -- Petrou, George -- Remigio, Carmela
Label/Producer: Dynamic
Vocal Recital: Kraus, Alfredo - SCARLATTI, A / GLUCK, C.W. / MASSENET, J. / OBRADORS, F. / DONIZETTI, G. (1996 Tokyo Recital)
Vocal Recital: Kraus, Alfredo - SCARLATTI, A / GLUCK, C.W. / MASSENET, J. / OBRADORS, F. / DONIZETTI, G. (1996 Tokyo Recital)
Composers: Cilea, Francesco -- Donizetti, Gaetano -- Gluck, Christoph Willibald -- Luna, Ruiz de -- Massenet, Jules -- Obradors, Fernando -- Scarlatti, Alessandro -- Serrano, Jose -- Sorozabal, Pablo
Artists: Arnaltes, Edelmiro -- Kraus, Alfredo -- Polo, Asier -- Suga, Emiko
Label/Producer: Dynamic
Vocal Recital: Orlinski, Jakub Jozef - FAGO, F.N. / HEINICHEN, J.D. / VIVALDI, A. / ZELENKA, J.D. (Anima Sacra)
Vocal Recital: Orlinski, Jakub Jozef - FAGO, F.N. / HEINICHEN, J.D. / VIVALDI, A. / ZELENKA, J.D. (Anima Sacra)
Composers: Fago, Francesco Nicola -- Hasse, Johann Adolf -- Heinichen, Johann David -- Scarlatti, Alessandro -- Vivaldi, Antonio -- Zelenka, Jan Dismas
Artists: Corti, Francesco -- Orlinski, Jakub Jozef -- Pomo d'Oro, Il
Label/Producer: EuroArts
Vocal Recital: Scotto, Renata - HANDEL, G.F. / SCARLATTI, A. / ROSSINI, G. / VERDI, G. / LISZT, F. / RESPIGHI, O. (The 1984 Tokyo Recital)
Vocal Recital: Scotto, Renata - HANDEL, G.F. / SCARLATTI, A. / ROSSINI, G. / VERDI, G. / LISZT, F. / RESPIGHI, O. (The 1984 Tokyo Recital)
Composers: Handel, George Frideric -- Liszt, Franz -- Mascagni, Pietro -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Respighi, Ottorino -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Scarlatti, Alessandro -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists: Fulton, Thomas -- Scotto, Renata
Label/Producer: Dynamic