Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in D major K21 (Jacob Bernhardt)

★★★ Playlist with more sonatas by Scarlatti: Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): SONATA IN D MAJOR (K21/L363) 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 eighte