Domenico Scarlatti, the composer, was the sixth of ten children of Alessandro Scarlatti, who was chiefly responsible for the early development of Neapolitan opera.
Performer Biography
Konstantin Scherbakov, the pianist on this album, won the first Rachmaninov Competition in Moscow in 1983 and launched his international career in 1990.
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
Konstantin Scherbakov's recording of Godowsky's Sonata in E minor for Marco Polo was awarded the German Critics' Prize in December 2001.
Performer Biography
Konstantin Scherbakov has been a Professor at the Winterthur-Zurich Conservatoire since 1998 and is in increasing demand as a teacher.
Composer Biography
Domenico Scarlatti became music-master to the children of the Portuguese royal family, which led him to Madrid when his pupil, Infanta Maria Barbara, married the heir to the Spanish throne.
Composition History
Domenico Scarlatti's hundreds of single-movement sonatas or exercises were largely designed for the use of his pupil, Infanta Maria Barbara, who became Queen of Spain in 1746.
