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Composers of the Week: Alessandroand Domenico Scarlatti

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Domenico Scarlatti is best known for his keyboard sonatas. Today Donald Macleod traces the origins and performance history of these magnificent works.
D Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, Kk9 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
D Scarlatti , arr Avison Concerto No 2 in G Brandenburg Consort, director Roy Goodman
A Scarlatti Gia Lusingato Appieno Lynne Dawson (soprano), Purcell Quartet D Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, Kkl;
Sonata in A, Kk284; Sonata in A minor, Kk3
Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Sonata in D, Kk490
Wanda Landowska (harpsichord)

Contributors

Unknown:
Domenico Scarlatti
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Piano:
D Scarlatti
Director:
Roy Goodman
Soprano:
Lynne Dawson
Piano:
Mikhail Pletnev
Harpsichord:
Wanda Landowska
Source: Radio Times

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