Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in D minor K517 (Christian Zacharias)

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Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
SONATA IN D MINOR (K517/L266)

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The many sonatas that were unpublished during Scarlatti's lifetime have appeared in print irregularly in the two and a half centuries since.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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[Chrismacleod]

Another beautiful Scarlatti sonata and exciting pace - almost Beethoven- like! Thanks for posting! 🌹😀🥰😝🌺🦏🎶🎹🎵💐🌺🏃🏻‍♂️💃🏻🍓🍀👍

[Zhaniararampianist]

My favorite Sonata by Scarlatti so bright so power. Thanks for uploading this beautiful sonata

[francobonanni]

Fantastic. He has nothing to envy to other composers...

[adrianoseresi]

My fine fellow, hello. At risk of overburdening you with yet another request, I must urge you to please post a video on Scarlatti’s k.58 in C minor. This mesmerising chromatic fugue deserves far more attention than it receives at present.

[eustachiodemarco]

Presto agitato.
Prelude ad ogni futura composizione romantica. Grande Domenico Scarlatti.

[thekeyoflifepiano]

Seems like a Baroque version of Chopin's op. 10 no. 4. Am I onto something?

[Barbapippo]

Thank you very much for having almost completely erased the "extra" D bass at the beginning of the track...

[adrianoseresi]

K.545 in B-flat major next please my good sir.

[elaineblackhurst]

Doesn’t work at this speed on a modern piano; horrible.