Thank you for all recommendations. Discovering Scarlatti is such a pleasure and there's so much to look forward to eventually hearing. I had just got four on a Pogorelich CD which I originally bought for the English Suites and then when I heard the Scarlatti was hooked. Then I treated myself to a selection played by Christian Zacharias which I'm thoroughly enjoying. However, I somewhere came across a critcism of his interpretation; something along the lines of it being too pianistic, soft round the edges, whatever that means ... I just like it enormously! Sonata K380 E maj just happens to be on both CDs, two quite different interpretations, both pianistic, full of expressive and dynamic contrasts. I can't get my head round this dogma that seems to hold that baroque music should be played with "terraced dynamics" .... obviously one isn't going to do Chopinesque rubato but even in my (painstakingly slow!) learning of K27 I don't see how you could possibly play those repeating sets of arpeggios without dynamic shading within them, surely a step- like effect would be terribly crude? Or am I fundamentally misunderstanding something basic ? I can't easily discuss this with my teacher as my lesson is in German and I can't yet express myself terribly precisely. I'd hate him to think I was criticising his teaching!
Topic: Scarlatti Recording?