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  • Thanks for the link. This one was less of a succes for me. But feel free to keep on giving suggestions. Either way, it’s an enrichment.
    About the Scarlatti album. It was pure luck that I picked up that one. My girlfriend is also fond of it. I played it a lot when she was pregnant, for my daughter-to-be. Sometimes even directly on her belly. But my daughter doesn’t seem to remember or recognise. Although she also appreciates the Goldberg variations. She had no choice, hearing it every morning :-)
    Another album that’s a “classic” for me and my girlfriend is Bach arias by Ophelie Gaillard. This is track 1 of the cd. Her ensemble is called Pulcinella, which was the name of Scarlatti’s cat 😺
    My girlfriend is not so fond of baroque music in general. Too busy and too repetitive. I think the third album that she does appreciate is Il pastor fido by Handel. One of his shorter operas, only 2 cd’s long. Played this one a lot when my daughter wasjust born, in the hospital room.
    Seems a lot of albums are related to important phases in my life …





  • Thanks for the suggestion. I mostly don’t get very far with harpsichord versions. But this one is indeed very nice, & soft. Very different compared to Jean Rondeau or Pierre Hantai. I suppose the harpsichord itself is what makes it so gentle compared to those versions.
    I listened to electronic music the greater part of my life. Slowly lost interest. One day I went to the library with a Reddit must-listen Jazz list. Left with 9 jazz cd’s and took a Scarlatti recording because of the nice cover. Listened almost exclusively to that cd. From there on it was a wild journey. Getting into vynil along the way because I got the opportunity to buy the complete Bach cantates on vynil.
    Now I alternate again between baroque and electronic music.