🇮🇹Domenico Scarlatti ： Sonata in d-moll K.213 L.108

Scarlatti’s Sonata in d minor, K.213, L.108 is a small-scale work whose measured pace calls for a poised melodic line and delicate shading. Its concise design consists of two sections, each repeated, with the interplay between melody and accompaniment, harmonic changes, and the treatment of ornaments providing notable points of interest. In performance, the right-hand melody should be allowed to emerge clearly while the left hand remains light and supple, with careful attention to note lengths and rests. Ornaments should not interrupt the flow; when shaped naturally with an awareness of breath and phrase direction, they heighten the work’s quiet tension and expressiveness. Introducing changes of dynamics and tone color in the repeats can give the whole sonata greater depth.