Search - Domenico Scarlatti, Richard Lester [keyboard] :: Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Sonatas, Vol 4

"A very recommendable archive ... it should be considered as first choice for potential collectors of the whole oeuvre." -- Gramophone "A bold approach and musical perception ... a player who can see compositions in the round and has the assured technique to realize well-founded performances." -- Daily TelegraphThe fourth volume of the seven volumes that will make up the complete keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. Includes appendices and recent discoveries, plus six continuo sonatas. When complete, the seven volumes will comprise thirty-eight CDs total. The last volume will be issued in July 2007 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Scarlatti's death.Richard Lester is founder and artistic director of the Cirencester Early Music Festival, an annual event designed to promote excellence in the performance of early music. These recordings use the critical edition of the works, completed in the early 1980s by Kenneth Gilbert.