Title: Love These Restrained Performances of Scarlatti's Piano Sonatas
Product review: Restrained? More the reason I think to love Christian Zacharias' fine recording of these Domenico Scarlatti piano sonatas. His thoughtful interpretations should be well received by many classical music fans, especially those who've followed period instrument practice. I greatly admire not only Zacharias' technical excellence at the keyboard which he demonstrates repeatedly in this recording, but his graceful, almost cantabile-like, playing. In plain English, he strikes a fine balance between excessive emotionalism and technical perfection. The sound quality of this recording in its Hybrid SACD format is absolutely impeccable. So I have no hesitation in recommending this recent recording from Christian Zacharias as both a fine interpretation of these Scarlatti piano sonatas, and a delightful introduction.
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