Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in C minor K22 (Christian Zacharias)

Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
SONATA IN C MINOR (K22/L360)

Christian Zacharias (1985)

Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. His music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.

Only a small fraction of Scarlatti's compositions were published during his lifetime; Scarlatti himself seems to have overseen the publication in 1738 of the most famous collection, his 30 Essercizi ("Exercises"). These were well received throughout Europe, and were championed by the foremost English writer on music of the eighteenth century, Charles Burney. Ralph Kirkpatrick numbered these sonatas K1 - K30.

The many sonatas that were unpublished during Scarlatti's lifetime have appeared in print irregularly in the two and a half centuries since. Scarlatti has attracted notable admirers, including Béla Bartók, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Pieter-Jan Belder, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Emil Gilels, Enrique Granados, Marc-André Hamelin, Vladimir Horowitz, Franz Liszt, Ivo Pogorelich, Scott Ross, Heinrich Schenker, András Schiff, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

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[LoveJoyPeace]

Delightful Scarlatti! Sometimes playful, sometimes solemn, sometimes profound, sometimes light-hearted...his sonatas are a delight!

[stigekalder]

This is one of those sonatas where one repetition of the second part is not nearly enough 😊

[luciasona]

Grazie! Anche stasrra vado a dormire con ancora nella mente la musica di Scsrlatti eseguita magistralmente dal pianista.
È una sonata molto orecchiabile, a tratti un po' malinconica ma equilibrata e consapevole degli alti e bassi della vita.

[Michàel-kon]

Achingly Beautiful as Always!!! YES!!! May God Bless y'all Richly and Jesus Peace!!!😮❤😂🎉

[jacksonbriggs]

i think this is the first scarlatti sonata to end the sonata with a piccardi third

[angreagach]

The first Scarlatti sonata (at least, by Kirkpatrick number) in a minor key that ends in major.