Tag Domenico Scarlatti

Minh Nguyen Plays Sonata K.209 by Scarlatti

Minh Nguyen performs Sonata K.209 / L.428 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on a Elias Bonet classical guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their YouTube channel. Nicely balanced performance which gets quite demanding. Below is an older performance on harpsichord by Scott Ross…

Daniel Schatz Plays Sonata K.22 by Scarlatti

Daniel Schatz Plays Sonata K.22 by Scarlatti

Daniel Schatz performs Sonata K.22 / L.360 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally for keyboard. This comes via his YouTube channel. Amazing performance, just look at that left hand move through the thick musical texture along with his solid rhythmic drive and motivic…

Dominika Dawidowska Plays Scarlatti K.11

Polish guitarist Dominika Dawidowska plays Sonata K.11, L.352 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally written for keyboard. This comes via Matthew McAllister’s YouTube but you can also follow Dawidowska’s Youtube. Dominika Dawidowska studies with Matthew McAllister at the Royal Conservatoire of…

Drew Henderson Plays Scarlatti

Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson plays Three Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally written for keyboard and arranged by Henderson. This comes via his excellent YouTube channel. He also has the sheet music available. Beautiful playing by Henderson with wonderful ornamentation and rhythmic clarity.…

Cassie Martin plays Sonata K386 by Scarlatti

Cassie Martin plays Sonata K 386 in F minor by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), originally written for keyboard. Arrangement by Gerard Abiton. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube channel. Martin performs it on a 2019 Domenic Roscioli classical guitar. Amazing…

Merce Font Plays Sonata K.165 by Scarlatti

I’ve been meaning to feature guitarist Merce Font for awhile after seeing her cool vlog posts awhile back. Here she is playing Sonata K.165 / L.52 (original for harpsichord) by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), arranged by Carlo Marchione. This comes via…

Adam Kossler Performs Sonata K3, L378 by Scarlatti

Adam Kossler performs Sonata K3, L378 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), arr. Kossler (originally for keyboard, usually harpsichord). This comes via  Strings by Mail and their YouTube channel with audio and video by Drew Henderson. Great playing by Kossler who does…

Jennifer Kim plays Sonata K27 by Scarlatti

Jennifer Kim plays Sonata K27, L449 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on a classical guitar made by Yulong Guo at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA. This comes via their great YouTube Channel. A number of things I really…

Tengyue Zhang Plays Scarlatti K53

Tengyue ‘TY’ Zhang plays K53 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on a 2003 Greg Smallman guitar. This comes via Guitar Salon International and their great YouTube channel. Shocking virtuosity here with an amazing tempo, clarity, and fantastic ornamentation. Considering what he’s doing…

Piotr Pakhomkin plays Sonata K. 177 by Scarlatti

Piotr Pakhomkin plays the Sonata in D Major K. 177 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). This comes via his YouTube Channel and the video by Drew Henderson. Guitar by luthier Ross Gutmeier – 2010 Cedar double-top. I’ve always loved this Sonata for it’s combination of…

Changseop Kim Plays Scarlatti Sonata K.380

Changseop Kim Plays Sonata K.380 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), arr. Carlo Marchione, on a 2004 Antonio Marin Montero guitar. This comes via PARTITA Studio in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube. Great aesthetic performance with consistent articulations and some nice dynamic shaping and ornaments. Although…