Some of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas were preserved in manuscripts from the collection of Queen Maria Barbara, his pupil, and possibly bequeathed to the Italian castrato Farinelli, who was employed at the Spanish court.
Composer Biography
Domenico Scarlatti, the composer of these sonatas, was the sixth of ten children of Alessandro Scarlatti, who was chiefly responsible for the early development of Neapolitan opera.
Composer Biography
Domenico Scarlatti once competed in a keyboard contest against Handel in Rome, where Handel was declared the better organist and Scarlatti the better harpsichordist.
Performer Biography
Pianist Soyeon Lee has performed in notable venues such as Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Severance Hall in Cleveland.
Critical Reception
The sonatas have been cataloged multiple times: by Alessandro Longo (L), American harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick (K), and Giorgio Pestelli (P), who proposed a new chronology.
Performer Biography
Soyeon Lee, the pianist on this album, won the 2004 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.
Composition History
Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, numbering in the hundreds, were largely composed for his pupil, the Infanta Maria Barbara, who became Queen of Spain in 1746.
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