Scarlatti Sonata in E major K 380: Brouwer (11 of 12)

Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer plays his transcriptions of 12 keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti in a magnificent (and long out-of-print) 1974 recording. Sonata in E major K. 380/ L. 23 (1734) To hear the whole set uninterrupted, go to http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B23CB5D9DF095955 Brouwer's notes (from the original LP) can be found in the information box for videos 1-4 of this series. *** For this recording, Brouwer played a guitar built in 1973 by Daniel Friedrich (Paris). Recording: D. Scarlatti. Douze sonates par Leo Brouwer. Erato: Florilège de la guitare 17 (1974) STU70786 Score: 12 sonatas/Domenico Scarlatti; transcribed for guitar by Leo Brouwer. Gendai Guitar Co. 1983, repr. 2004. Please don't ask for the score -- I don't have it. It can be found at Gendai Guitar (Japan) or at Guitar Solo Publications (San Francisco, CA); both are on the internet. (Many thanks to Yuri at Universo Violonístico)

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.

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