Domenico Scarlatti is best known for his hundreds of spectacular keyboard sonatas, but before he left Italy he spent time in the service of the Polish queen Maria Casimira in Rome. There, he wrote operas, cantatas, and church music for the Basilica Giulia.
Domenico Scarlatti Iste Confessor
Libby Crabtree (soprano), the Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers
Alessandro Scarlatti Sonata in A minor Giovanni Antonini (recorder), II Giardino Armonico
Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas in C minor, Kkll5 and Kkll6
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Domenico Scarlatti Stabat Mater
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, conductor Francis Grier Repeated next Tuesday 12 midnight