Domenico Scarlatti, the composer, 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
Colleen Lee has performed with several notable orchestras, including the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the China Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Composition History
The Scarlatti sonatas have been cataloged by several editors, including Alessandro Longo (L. numbers), Ralph Kirkpatrick (K. numbers), and Giorgio Pestelli (P. numbers), each proposing different listings and chronologies.
Composition History
Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, numbering some hundreds, were largely composed for his pupil, the Infanta Maria Barbara, who became Queen of Spain in 1746.
Performer Biography
Colleen Lee, the pianist on this album, won Sixth Prize at the Fifteenth Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in 2005, making her the only female laureate.
