Domenico Scarlatti Essentials

Domenico Scarlatti's passionate, stirring compositions spurred the transition from the Baroque style of contemporaries like Bach and Handel to the Classical era of Haydn and Mozart. The prolific composer's career spans 555 keyboard sonatas, which—along with his sinfonias and vocal works—possess an ageless charm that exudes both gravity and playfulness of spirit. This interplay is perfectly expressed as violins and harpsichords engage in rousing conversation, exploring the exciting possibilities of the binary and early sonata forms that Scarlatti sought to perfect.