Scarlatti: Spanish Harpsichord Folk to Classical

Based in Paris, the American virtuoso harpsichordist Lillian Gordis is quickly building an international reputation as an interpreter of the works of Domenico Scarlatti, the Italian composer-performer commanded to follow Princess Maria Barbara da Bragança at the time of her 1720 marriage into the Spanish court. The result 555 amazing sonatas for harpsichord solo, many of them based on folkloric Spanish material Scarlatti heard as various delegati...