🇮🇹Domenico Scarlatti ： Sonata in E-Dur K.496 L.372

Built around the concise binary form characteristic of Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas, this work is shaped by finely detailed motion and clear rhythmic energy. Contrasts emerge between the two sections through changes of key and expansion of register, while short motives seem to pass from one voice to another, making it important to follow the direction of each phrase. In performance, ornaments should be integrated naturally into the musical flow, and the hands should not be blended too uniformly, allowing the texture to remain three-dimensional. Use the pedal sparingly, preserving lightness and the coherence of cadences; in repeated passages, subtle changes in articulation and dynamics can bring the structure into sharper relief.