Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major, K. 159

This is not a Christmas video.

Another one movement keyboard sonata from our friend Domenico. I keep experimenting with camera angles since I can never seem to get it right on the piano videos. This time I cut out the face altogether and just filmed the floating hands.

"Scarlatti had many moods: they can be recklessly vivacious, disarmingly innocent, dryly humorous, delightfully crude, ridiculously precise and tenderly contemplative. But Scarlatti is neither tragic, heroic nor pretentious, nor does he play havoc with his player's emotions."

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Music

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• domenico
• scarlatti
• keyboard
• sonata
• in
• major
• 159

[nyo267n]

Were it not for the sound quality and the minor mistakes, I could easily picture myself listening to this version as well as Michelangeli's, despite the fact that you don't have any cuff links to adjust.

[pauletorres]

i love scarlatti and my affair with his music will last forever

[GomersRevenge]

Very nice. You have good taste in music. Your balance between left and right hands is very good. Many people let the bass become too heavy and loud. I would like to recommend the music of Nikolai Medtner to you, he is not very well known but writes fantastic stuff. The Skazki and sonatas are a good place to start. Good luck.

[senripiano]

oh! very skillful! ^.^ wherecan I find the sheet music for this? :O

[KyleAndHannahJones]

Because, xethavosh, there could have been a sharp written in the music.

[Xethavosh]

I thought I saw a sharp note in there. If so how is it in C?

[faeryfirefly]

Very beautiful :) bravo bravo!

[andsusul]

Very technically sound.

And I love that you put the quote up. I've never really gotten into boroque music because i feel that its too disconnected. Personal preference though.

This was very entertaining to watch, and listen to. And I liked the angle, but I think playing keyboard/piano, its not just the hands playing, its the entire body.