Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20070723 | Donald Macleod examines the very different musical worlds of the Scarlattis, father Alessandro and son Domenico. D Scarlatti: Sonatas: in A, Kk39; in A minor, Kk54 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) A Scarlatti: Sinfonia (Il primo omicidio) Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (director) Songs and arias by A Scarlatti Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Gyorgy Fischer (piano) A Scarlatti: Cantata (Per la notte di natale) Susan Gritton (soprano) Simon Standage (violin) Collegium Musicum 90 D Scarlatti: Salve regina in A minor for soprano, alto and organ continuo Charles Harris (treble) Nicholas Clapton (countertenor) Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ) Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Francis Grier (director). |
| 02 | 20070724 | Donald Macleod explores Alessandro's contribution to the birth of opera in Rome and his son's reaction to his father's growing reputation. D Scarlatti: Sonata, Kk141 Scott Ross (harpsichord) A Scarlatti: Cantata (Su le sponde del Tebro) Deborah York (soprano) Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) A Scarlatti: Gli equivoci nel sembiante (exc) Sally Bradshaw, Lorna Anderson (soprano) John Mark Ainsley, Angus Smith (tenor) London Baroque Charles Medlam (director) A Scarlatti: Stabat mater English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). |
| 03 | 20070725 | Donald Macleod introduces two of Alessandro's cantatas and sonatas by Domenico. D Scarlatti: Sonata in D, Kk535 Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord) A Scarlatti: Cantata (Hor che de Febo) Nancy Argenta (soprano) Chandos Baroque Players D Scarlatti: Sonatas: in A minor, Kk175; in C, Kk159 John Williams (guitar) A Scarlatti: Cantata (Ombre tacite e sole) David Daniels (countertenor) Arcadian Academy Nicholas McGegan (conductor/harpsichord). |
| 04 | 20070726 | Donald Macleod traces the origins and performance history of Domenico Scarlatti's extraordinary keyboard sonatas. D Scarlatti: Sonata, Kk9 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) D Scarlatti, arr Avison: Concerto No 2 in G Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman (conductor/Violin) A Scarlatti: Cantata (Gia lusingato appieno) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Purcell Quartet D Scarlatti: Sonatas: in A, Kk113; in F minor, Kk386; in F minor, Kk387; in B minor, Kk27 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) D Scarlatti: Sonata in D, Kk490 Wanda Landowska (harpsichord). |
| 05 LAST | 20070727 | Donald Macleod considers the Scarlattis' enormous influence on European musical life. D Scarlatti: Sonatas: in D, Kk492; in F minor, Kk239 Scott Ross (harpsichord) Cantata (Pur nel sonno almen tal'ora) Cyrille Gertshenhaber (soprano) Musique des Lumieres Jean-Christophe Frisch (director) A Scarlatti: Sonata No 7 in D Judith Linsenburg (recorder) Musica Pacifica D Scarlatti: Sonatas: in D, Kk430; in G, Kk13 Glenn Gould (piano). |