I love Scarlatti. I think it was Horowitz who considered Domenico Scarlatti to be the “first Romantic”. I find it hard to disagree. Scarlatti’s own preface to his “Sonatas” gives us a peak into his own benevolent disposition: “…show yourself to be more human than critical, and then your pleasure […]
Have a listen to this radio interview with the amazing Anton Nel! Want to learn piano but don’t know where to start? I’ve taught hundreds of happy students! Click here for my free beginner lesson course.
This is Mr. Soto performing Robert Schumann’s Abegg Variations, Op. 1. Soto and Pineda are going to record some duets for me soon. Want to learn piano but don’t know where to start? I’ve taught hundreds of happy students! Click here for my free beginner lesson course.
I have become obsessed with this rondo by Francois Couperin after coming across an incredible video performance of if by Grigory Sokolov. This page details some of history of this piece. You can hear a brief sample of Alexandre Tharaud’s interpretation of the piece via amazon here. Tharaud’s interpretation is […]