Scarlatti: Fortepiano Sonatas cover

Scarlatti: Fortepiano Sonatas

Released

When we think of the keyboard works of the great baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti, we think most often of the harpsichord – but he also wrote for the fortepiano, a transitional instrument between the harpsichord and the modern pianoforte. Its sound is a bit more muted than that of a modern piano and it doesn’t have the same dynamic range – but it is mellower (and more dynamic) than the harpsichord. On this recording David Schrader plays a generous program of Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas on a modern replica of a 1929 fortepiano, and it makes for a unique and lovely listening experience.

Rick Anderson

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