FLAC (tracks +Booklet) | Classical | 72:10 | 1CD | 204 MbWhen his pupil, the Infanta Maria Bárbara married the heir to the Spanish throne, Domenico Scarlatti travelled with her from Lisbon to Madrid, a move that led to the completion of hundreds of single-movement sonatas or exercises (‘Essercizi’ ).

Designed for her to play, and containing some of his greatest music, the sonatas offer a plethora of features that have ensured their lasting popularity and influence.

In this volume one can encounter effortless use of repetition, imitation and arpeggio figuration, dynamic left-hand octave writing and hand crossing, some, as in the Sonata in C minor, of spectacular velocity.

Tracklist:01. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 204b02. Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Kk. 36703. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 24804. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Kk. 13105. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 33806. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 28507. Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 9708. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 30509. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 22810. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 204a11. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 15412. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Kk. 35213. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 30014. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 26715. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 8316. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Kk. 17817. Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 32118. Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56