Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Domenico Scarlatti

Scarlatti is most famous for his sonatas for harpsichord. He is considered one of the bridges between the baroque period and the classical period. Here is a typical recording of one of his sonatas.



Vladimir Horowitz was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He is best known for playing romantic music, particularly late romantics like Tchaikovsky. He decided to tackle the Scarlatti repertoire, and his romantic interpretation garnered a lot of attention. Here is the same sonata, performed by Horowitz, on a modern piano.