Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in A major K533 (Christian Zacharias)

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Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
SONATA IN A MAJOR (K533/L395)
Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. His music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.
Only a small fraction of Scarlatti's compositions were published during his lifetime; Scarlatti himself seems to have overseen the publication in 1738 of the most famous collection, his 30 Essercizi ("Exercises"). These were well received throughout Europe, and were championed by the foremost English writer on music of the eighteenth century, Charles Burney. Ralph Kirkpatrick numbered these sonatas K1 - K30.
The many sonatas that were unpublished during Scarlatti's lifetime have appeared in print irregularly in the two and a half centuries since. Scarlatti has attracted notable admirers, including Béla Bartók, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Pieter-Jan Belder, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Emil Gilels, Enrique Granados, Marc-André Hamelin, Vladimir Horowitz, Franz Liszt, Ivo Pogorelich, Scott Ross, Heinrich Schenker, András Schiff, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
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The drive Zacharias plays this with is absolutely gorgeous. The energy the piece radiates is infectious. The resumption of forte in m. 65 right after 01:46 is played in incredible and spectacular fashion. The higher notes he opts for in ms. 72-74 compared to the version displayed here is an improvement. Stunning performance.

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Thanks, this section used to confuse me thinking I made an editing error, I did not know what was going on. You cleared the fog. Actually, a kind of error it is as apparently Zacharias plays after the older Longo edition which has this section an octave higher. I agree this is much better, at least when familiar with Zacharias, listening to what is printed here sounds weird 😊

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Love Scarlatti and Christian Zacharias!

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Thank you again and again for putting up such delightful, beautifully played Scarlatti sonatas! Most of what you post here are ones I have never heard.

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Thank you - I have also been amazed by the treasure trove of wonderful inventions that I am discovering when I am digging into his work !