🇮🇹Domenico Scarlatti ： Sonata in H-Dur K.245 L.450

Scarlatti’s Sonata K.245 is a concise, forward-moving keyboard work condensed into a single movement. Within its two-part structure, in which the first and second halves create a contrast, short musical ideas are passed between the voices, carrying the music forward through changes of key. Its appeal lies in the clarity of its rapid motion and the flow created by the exchange between phrases. In performance, rather than playing both hands as a single uniform texture, it is important to clarify the overlapping voices and treat ornamental notes lightly within the beat. Avoiding an overly fast tempo and making use of the slight space in rests and cadences brings out both its vitality and its poised contours.