Because it offers a unique blend of musical sophistication and emotional light and shade is the usual reply. Which is true, but there are classical pieces which get their power the same way as many ...

Three centuries ago a man named Domenico Scarlatti churned out an enormous number of keyboard sonatas — more than 550. Pianists, harpsichordists and even accordionists still can't get enough these ...

Place two objects side by side, invite comparison, and connections will invariably arise. Such was the exercise of Israeli pianist David Greilsammer who, by alternating between the sonatas by Domenico ...

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Nottingham pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason will spend four years at the Royal Academy of Music on a scholarship provided by Sir Elton John. She loves classical music, including this piece by Scarlatti ...