This chat could also be part of our series on "How It's Done," since we'll be talking about the contrast between performance on the piano and the harpsichord, with reference to the score. This glorious sonata bucks the usual Scarlattian trend of speed and brilliance. It's marked Adagio e cantabile (slow and songful), and so it is--a profoundly spiritual experience however it's played.
Musical Examples courtesy of Brilliant Classics and Tacet Records

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