🇮🇹Domenico Scarlatti ： Sonata in a-moll K.383 L.134

Among Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas, this piece brings the drive of crisp rhythmic motion into close contact with songful melodic gestures. Within its short single movement, material introduced in the first half is developed and repeated in the second, while changes of tonality and register create tension and release. Highlights include the clarity of the intricate motion and the moments when a phrase passes from one voice to another. In performance, ornaments and arpeggiated passages should remain light, with the flow of the beat maintained and each note clearly articulated. Keeping the melody from being buried in the inner voices, while listening to the space created by hand changes and rests, brings out the work’s balanced structure and vitality.