🇮🇹Domenico Scarlatti ： Sonata in B-Dur K.550 L.S42

Scarlatti’s Sonata K.550 moves forward through lively development of short motives, with changes of register and exchanges between the voices. Within a binary design that includes repeats, material introduced in the first section moves to new keys in the second, creating variety in the harmonic color. Performance requires attention not only to the quick notes, but also to phrase direction and the sense of the beat. Ornamentation and leaps should not be rushed; careful balance between the hands, together with lightness and clear articulation, brings out the sonata’s conversational character.