Cristofori Piano: Sonata K.9 by Domenico Scarlatti

Dongsok Shin performs the Sonata in d minor, K.9 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) on the earliest known surviving piano, made by the instrument’s inventor, Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731), in Florence, 1720. Scarlatti’s keyboard compositions were performed on both the harpsichord and the early piano. Production support was provided by The Donna and Marvin Schwartz Foundation A production of the Digital Media Department The Metropolitan Museum of Art Produced and Directed by Christopher Noey Edited by Kate Farrell Camera by Kelly Richardson and Jessica Glass Lighting by Ned Hallick Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio by David Raymond Production Coordinator: Stephanie Wuertz Production Assistants: Sarah Cowan, Maureen Coyle Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator-in-Charge Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Associate Curator Susana Caldeira, Assistant Conservator Dongsok Shin, keyboard technician Joseph Peknik III, Principal Technician Pamela Summey, Programs Coordinator Marian Eines, Associate for Administration