I can't stand horowitz's scarlatti because it sounds so "pianistic and sonorous"
the dynamic changes are very inappropriate
it's almost as bad as a schubert sonata (nothing against schubert's music, I doubt anyone loves Schubert more than I do, but christ, his sheet music looks like squares with ƒƒ marks at every corner)
Landowska is alright if you can stand the quality
frankly I don't know how anyone can listen to the old horowitz recordings either, no matter how well he plays it sounds like i'm in the middle of an arctic storm
the Pierre Hantai and Andreas Staier recordings are nice