Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 10

Featuring

Christoph Ullrich
Domenico Scarlatti

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Composition History

These manuscript copies were likely made by Scarlatti's student Antonio Soler for Queen Maria Bárbara of Spain, to whom Scarlatti was a personal music teacher.

Performer Biography

Pianist Christoph Ullrich is undertaking the first complete recording of all 555 of Domenico Scarlatti's sonatas on a modern Steinway piano.

Composition History

Domenico Scarlatti's 555 surviving harpsichord sonatas exist only in manuscript copies, mostly preserved in two 15-volume collections.

Composer Biography

Domenico Scarlatti, like Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel, was born in 1685, placing him firmly in the Baroque era.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Scarlatti's sonatas often combine childlike light-heartedness and exuberance with mature skill and wisdom, creating a unique dialogue in his music.

Composition History

The two main collections of Scarlatti's sonatas ended up in Venice and Parma via the estate of the famous castrato Farinelli, a friend of Scarlatti who worked at the Spanish court.