Ryan Layne Whitney: Scarlatti, Sonata in B-flat major, K. 544, on harpsichord

Domenico Scarlatt: Sonata in B-flat major, K. 544, played on the harpsichord by Ryan Layne Whitney.
This sonata is the first in a pair, the second sonata of which is the Sonata in B-flat major, K. 545, played at kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3bOla1ujdJpp8k .

[@juanguarin8783]

Beatiful!

[@danielwaitzman2118]

What fine playing!

[@bachmocobarroco]

Nice!

[@harpsi8]

Love it well played a treat to my ears and heart. I recently recieved the complete Sonatas of Scarlatti on cd. Rich&2 carnivorous kitty cats 🐈 🐱 LA.CALIF

[@luuktorn]

Nice performance! I'm wondering what kind of harpsichord you have, is it a revival instrument?

[@teafruitbat]

I may have answered this question in another comment to you; but you can find my e-mail on the internet easily enough and I'll give you a more detailed answer, if you want it, than I want to do here. In a word, my harpsichord is "revival-ish," but not really a true revival instrument.

[@luuktorn]

@@teafruitbat Thank you for the answer! Your harpsichord must be an particular instrument, it sounds not fully like a revival harpsichord but also not like a historical harpsichord. Do you know in what year it is built and who built it?

[@teafruitbat]

@@luuktorn You are correct that the harpsichord is between revival and historical, but is not based on any particular historical example. It was made by a local maker in 1978, here in Seattle, who has been gone since shortly after that time. It is wood frame, with stop levers, as you can see, but no pedals. The upper manual has two 8' stops plus buff stop, rather than the usual one 8' stop, and the lower manual is 8' + 4', with a coupler lever to the left. I replaced the strings a few years ago with lower carbon strings, and also replaced the original inefficient dampers. It has 61 keys (from G to "Scarlatti g3"), cherry naturals and oak accidentals.

[@luuktorn]

Thank you very much for this information! Very interesting. I read that the harpsichord can stand up against the wall to make space, that's great too! I wish you the best with your music!

[@camilloflaim8933]

I know these from 60 sonatas of book of Kirkpatrik