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Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) And Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

First broadcast from 20070723 to 20070727.

5 episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Description
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).