Scarlatti Sonata in F minor K.466 - FOLLOW WITH SCORE

[@empireentertainmentevents1353]

SCARLATTI doesnt always follow the rigid Baroque counter melody style. That is why he is unique. He is way ahead of his time!

[@monticarlo8064]

Maybe it's because he is influenced by Spanish folk music.

[@tristramgordon8252]

He was a contemporary of Bach, I wonder if they ever met ?

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

@@tristramgordon8252 Definitely not. Bach never left Germany, whilst Scarlatti lived in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Scarlatti and Handel did however meet in Italy.

[@rainqd1889]

@@elaineblackhurst1509 how do we know Scarlatti never vacationed there? like why is it a definitely not?

[@excelsior999]

@@tristramgordon8252 There is some evidence that Scarlatti wrote to Bach but there is no indication that J.S. ever replied. But who can blame him? Try writing a new cantata every week (!) to be performed at the Sunday service and see how much spare time you have.

[@webbophone3377]

There's something quite enchanting about this piece

[@jurgenhuber4867]

To put it mildly. This is such an amazing piece of music. Listen to it played by Emil Gilels.

[@geliopouthapesei]

Webbophone Because Paul Barton, the person who plays, has a piano with a 4th pedal, the "harmonic pedal", and he uses it to make Baroque sound more enchanting when played on the piano instead of the harpsichord

[@webbophone3377]

@@geliopouthapesei Just listened to a few versions on harpsichord, they sound great! I'm little unsure as to what instrument Scarlatti would have written it for / played it on.

[@jshuang6923]

Heard the first 3 notes and that was it 😭

[@danqiwangflute]

This piece my goddess

[@sebastianalmanza4756]

Ik its baroque, but it almost sounds romantic

[@CanelonVegano]

Sebastián Alesandro the piano sound makes that a lot

[@KyleHohn]

Mind reader! I was thinking the same thing

[@BurningSky9]

@@lukegriffith2828 And what do you think is the role of the classical composer nowadays? I'm asking because I'm training to be a composer and a pianist and I'm quite discouraged when seeing the direction music has taken.

[@Ekvitarius]

Timeless Scarlatti.

[@Ekvitarius]

Vlad write and play what YOU think is good music and surround yourself with people who think likewise rather than worry about whether you’re conforming to some illusory “canon”. Your role will be whatever role you make for yourself, so make it a good one. Aesthetic fads may come and go with the years, but quality and true expressivity are timeless.

[@CelloMaster2000]

Oh my god. Listening to this, I felt the most mysterious serene peace I have ever felt. Like you return to your long lost home and the atmosphere is just so still, and perfect. Yet there remains a feeling of shadow and mystery, as if you don’t know why you’re there. I don’t know, it’s hard to explain. But it’s such a beautiful piece

[@Thulaandme]

To me, this recording is the most emotionally valid and moving one I have tried. Just 'feeling" lives within each chord change and phrase. Thank you!

[@excelsior999]

Very well put.

[@LoveJoyPeace378]

What a beautiful piece of music! Graceful, gentle, flowing, soothing, pleading, elusive....... Thank you, Paul!

[@LoveJoyPeace378]

And Scarlatti!

[@claudiotoffoli5355]

Paul understood this piece utterly. In this sonata, Scarlatti talks to God, and Paul got it!

[@josiane4566]

Musicalité en dehors du temps, fluide , envoutante...Superbe interprétation !

[@republiccooper]

A reminder that beautiful music doesn't have to be virtuosic as we often think of it. Thanks.

[@DreamlessSleepwalker]

Scarlatti was a virtuoso composer though.

[@e.hutchence-composer8203]

Quite often virtuosic music is not beautiful, rather impressive instead. Virtuosic music is very shallow.

[@barney6888]

@survivaltest 370 indeed

[@SZ-wb1qb]

@@e.hutchence-composer8203 try Chopin etudes, ballades, scherzos, and concertos.

[@Bowl_of_Noodles0101]

What about Liszt's Reminiscences?

[@algebranograzie1396]

Where on earth has this sonata been all my life? First time I have come across it. THANKS!

[@siriusql]

Fuckin hell me too ! I was like... "A sonate ?..... In F..... ????!!!! in F MINOR ?!!!!!" Ok... I will enjoy that for sure... "1 min in" Jeez do I love that.. "A few moments later" This is my new hymn !

[@piyushdabas8421]

You should listen to the violin version too ! it's better imo kzbin.info/www/bejne/n360aZyBnbl4Z6c

[@ByteSaidFred]

Paul is great, but search for Vladimir Horowitz's version

[@excelsior999]

@@ByteSaidFred Horowitz was exceptional, but isn't it about time that that we start entertaining the view that he was a bit over-rated?

[@excelsior999]

It was Destiny.

[@angela5094]

Una delle più belle sonate di Scarlatti! Incanta e rapisce.

[@edwarner6042]

Hauntingly Beautiful. Exquisitely played, as always.

[@rweaver6]

Pure piano poetry.

[@RicAbapo]

This is so beautiful. What a gem. 💎

[@Mukundanghri]

This is heartbreaking. This man felt so much.

[@excelsior999]

It's enough to make a grown man cry, wouldn't you say?

[@Mukundanghri]

@@excelsior999 I just removed myself from the piano playing this, because I'm a failure as a pianist. By god, the melody is so simple and deep. I see my childhood in this music. If you look at the portraits of Scarlatti, he looks so arrogant. But underneath... he was gentle and fragile.

[@excelsior999]

@@Mukundanghri Don't beat yourself up.Scarlatti's music teacher was Alessandro Scarlatti, a famous composer in his own right. That certainly gave young Domenico a head start. Ditto for Bach's sons. How lucky they were! After J.S's passing C.P.E. Bach said that if you gave his father a melody he could see virtually every variation that could be written on that melody almost instantaneously.

[@valerietaylor9615]

​You think Scarlatti looked arrogant? I don't, but I've always thought he looked rather glum, for a man who wrote such ( mostly) lighthearted and joyous music.

[@0Videoteca0]

This sonata is just Amazing. There is a lot to learn about music within it. Incredible.

[@arti1056]

Semplicemente straordinario. Ingloba melodia, romanticismo e malinconia.

[@valerietaylor9615]

I couldn't have put that better myself, and not just because my Italian is poor.

[@SmeagolTheBeagle]

This is incredible - just like Sebastian says below it is almost romantic sounding - it reminds me of CPE Bach’s sonata in B minor so gentle and amazingly ahead of its time. There’s a great recording of it by Cziffra I definitely recommend to fans of this sort of stuff

[@dmswan3172]

Beautiful! I’m looking for Scarlatti sonatas that are not too technically difficult and am seriously considering this one. Thank you Paul, for your exemplary performance!

[@Composer_Piggy]

Scarlatti Sonata in E Major K.380 isn’t too hard, and sounds very pretty. I recommend listening to Tiffany Poon’s recording because she takes it at a very relaxed tempo and I love it

[@dmswan3172]

Ryan Piggott Thanks for the recommendation - I really like K380 a lot!

[@Daria11-90]

Даже и не верится,что это Скарлатти. Интересная вещь,слушаю впервые. Очень красиво👍

[@tristramgordon8252]

I do love this piece, well done Paul

[@kpunkt.klaviermusik]

Amazing Sonata and amazing playing!

[@perfectbeat]

Scarlatti was really something. A bit wild and extravagant. I like.

[@lumachado8312]

Nesta noite - de isolamento histórico por Pandemia - eu e o meu amor pudemos nos encontrar nesta linda melodia❤️

[@DavidLopez-qb6nv]

Hermosa genial delicada interpretación. Gracias por su arte señor Barton

[@bencosmo1979]

I've always felt that this piece is a sort of baroque nocturne

[@Taki-NeobaroqueDZ]

Probably the first Nocturne.

[@jeffreyadams648]

Funereal.

[@valerietaylor9615]

​@@Taki-NeobaroqueDZNot funereal, just nostalgic and melancholy.

[@pianoforte17xx48]

Scarlatti was such a genius. What a heart melting piece

[@man0sticks]

This sonata was also used in the movie Monsieur Lazhar, played to great effect on what sounds like a less than perfectly tuned upright. Beautiful film by the way, as moving as the music is.

[@tommyvalega]

I will try to learn this beautiful piece!!!

[@kartaskafka]

What a such beautiful piece!

[@hellamatelsky3292]

Ich lerne es momentan. Für mich ist es die schönste Sonate von allen, die Scarlatti geschrieben hat.

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

Beautiful music. Timeless and engaging by its simplicity which mystifies experts but rewards listeners. (The great Bach would have trouble and want to add some complexity to a pie e remarkable for its sparseness. Thank you

[@JordiFranchParella]

Beautiful music beautifully played.

[@ritamoccia8938]

Splendida composizione!

[@zoodlex1]

Are you having a Scarlatti crisis?

[@woolof9744]

zoodlex1 the best crisis you could ever have

[@elisabethchalabi6670]

zoodlex1 .scumann les chants de l’aube Andreas staer

[@angelab.5245]

Haha you know if the only crisis I'd ever have were Scarlatti crisis then I'd never complain about anything lol

[@beyondtheirlevel3726]

@survivaltest 370 that's the cool thing about Baroque. You get to do your own phrasing

[@excelsior999]

One can only have a Scarlatti Crisis by being deprived of listening to his music for an inordinate period of time.

[@sirfermainclancharlie1018]

Celestial tune. As if one died and went to Heaven.

[@bluegraf]

One of my absolute favorites 🖤

[@DmendoBoteli]

Wonderful, Paul. Just awesome.... Brilliant. From the bottom of your heart to our ears. Congratulations

[@anakreon78]

harika bir şey bu.Nasıl oldu da dinlememişim bu güne kadar !

[@VicenteSegura]

Maravilla. Thank you, Paul.

[@tommyvalega]

Very good interpretation. Congrats

[@JoeLinux2000]

Very lovely playing.

[@brucealanwilson4121]

Stumbled across this. I'm primarily an organist, so in watching the score I kept thinking of what I woud put o which manual, which bass notes I would put on the pedals, and possible registrations. I'm thinking generally flutes and diapasons; I can't see any call for reeds or strings.

[@daviydviljoen9318]

I'd imagine this would be much easier to play on the organ than Bach...

[@clairemariececilearola5152]

Superbe ! J'aime l'entendre à cette vitesse.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Wonderful playing. I was checking to see who was playing expecting Gilels!!

[@gul1949]

This piece give me the feeling of wellcoming all in your life even it gives pain

[@valerietaylor9615]

That sounds almost Nietzschean.

[@nadiaboulanger9323]

Wonderful comment! Well put!

[@dadizadeh]

Indeed enchanting.. lovely ❤️

[@billleuschner3990]

Drar Mr. Barton; I have been listening to you now for about 2 years and I have lesende so much from you! I am a multi- instrument player: drums,guitar and piano. I Find your pløying to be so spot on! I am writing you from San Jose Ca USAYou Are a very brilliant pianist- and very underarter! Anyway I just wanted to express my intense appreciation for you! Take care my frien!

[@andy100hp]

Magnifique.

[@joseleandro2152]

So Beautiful. .

[@TimondeNood]

What a wonderful piece!

[@katiaraposo3174]

This music came from an enchanted place and Scarlatti could catch it. A luchy man!😍

[@excelsior999]

Thank you, Paul.

[@mymatemartin]

I'm exited by this one. It's slow enough to watch and follow along. Great fun. Beautiful piece.

[@robertoa.m.3984]

There is a melancholy beauty to this sonata, so deeply Hispanic, and you play it so poetically it enhances it! More Scarlatti please!

[@massimodueuro3392]

Why hispanic?

[@massimodueuro3392]

@Sun Tzu ohh sun Tzu I bought your book

[@Triantafilitsa1]

Beautiful music

[@brianbernstein3826]

1:42 Beethoven's 9th!!!!

[@maxlurya4227]

thought I was the only one who heard that

[@fastfingers110]

not his 9th but does sound like some part of his music. Maybe concerto 2 or 3

[@fastfingers110]

or maybe the sonata #23

[@brianbernstein3826]

no lol, it sounds like the 9th. the scherzo from the 9th, not the opening movement.

[@fastfingers110]

Brian Bernstein::::: ohhhh i hear it now😉

[@monsieurreves]

So beautiful

[@annegretbarthelmeh2243]

Auch ich sehe romantische Anklänge in diesem herausragenden Stück

[@geliopouthapesei]

1:42 Sounds like Beethoven, Pathetique 3rd movement

[@bezhandemetrashvili8067]

Or beethoven sounds like scarlatti :/

[@lijkn]

One of my favorite scarlatti sonatas along with k213.

[@MPES97]

2024 is a good year for musical genious gone before their 40s

[@adrianabezpalko3339]

Mi favorita genio scalatti!!!

[@FocusMrbjarke]

Excellent performance 😊👍

[@JanCarlComposer]

Even before I have heard the first note I want to thumb up ;)

[@letteriopanto2093]

Meravigliosa, questa Sonata del grande Scarlatti. Emana una quiete senza pari...

[@RE_KRE]

Its great! Sorry for my terrible English - You produced a great, big voluminous sound- for this music the best!!!

[@gftoussaint]

Très très beau!

[@SChristianCollins]

Please be aware that Pierre Gouin's editions of the Scarlatti sonatas contain errors. Ms 6 & 7 should have Ab as the first note in the LH instead of F. In Ms 40 & 42, beats 3 and 4 in the LH should be a note higher. You can use the Kenneth Gilbert edition available on IMSLP for comparison. All that aside, I find your playing to be very wonderful, and the sound of that piano just adds to the awesomeness!

[@SChristianCollins]

An update: I notified Pierre Gouin of the errors in his score for K. 466, and the corrected version is now available on IMSLP.

[@casselvictor]

Doesn't the piano need a tuning?

[@nathalieb8457]

This one by Horowitz is my best one !! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gabMZoKrjKmslbs

[@natalia5736]

S. Christian Collins ч

[@XMickyMouseX]

Its so easy to fall back to F and C in Ms 6 & 7and 9 and 11, feels just somehow more natural to me. But probably keeps more of a tension if it is Ab and Eb. And in Ms 20 and 59 there is some indication of an M (or G) missing, which i was stumbling upon in my edition, and found that its pointing out the hand to use in italian, with M meaning left hand.

[@pruss1anmapper]

the best song ever existed 👺

[@cheayunju]

I love it. Just rough and heart-breaking. Reminds me of Steve Ditko in a way

[@elenitapianohoy3114]

Beautiful to the extreme

[@hellam.3774]

Wunderschön! Das will ich lernen...

[@patriciaoliver2106]

Sublime et bouleversant ...

[@אירינהצוקרמן]

Fantastic!❤

[@Bobheinlein]

Невероятно! Для меня, человека очень слабо разбирающегося в классике, это звучит как современная музыка. Не романтизм, не классицизм, и уж тем более не барокко. Современная музыка.

[@ernestocun7212]

The notes of bass line of the 8 and 9 measures are almost the same notes of the song "sweet dreams" of the Eurythmics ( If you double every single note)

[@tristramgordon8252]

Oh, the yearning . . .

[@donfarlan214]

These people was the teachers they have that distinction more than talent

[@robertoa.m.3984]

This sonata speaks of the wonderful

[@robertoa.m.3984]

Multivalence of music, diverse universes, and optics....... This sonata can gravitate to rythm, but here centers on the impressionistic beauty of its Harmony......

[@fedemunoz7415]

A romantic baroque

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Rather more the interpretation and performance on a piano than the actual music; to turn your point round, does calling Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn or Liszt a baroque romantic make any sense ?

[@BrianOxleyTexan]

Missed opportunity in bar 58 to continue the rising melody peaks up to Eb to heighten the harmony even further.

[@Кирилл-б2д4р]

Какая грустная и пронизывающая мое существо музыка!

[@MrJorgearena]

Diría melancólica!!

[@francescabassi3211]

Incredibile.......impossibile non piangere

[@kandidomartinez2852]

E-N-O-R-M-E!!!! ME ENCANTA ESTA SONATA😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@LisztEtude6]

The pain I went through to find this piece after I kept searching for shostakovich!

[@excelsior999]

Not everything happens for a reason - but SOME things do.

[@caglatasci391]

So touching; so kind of opening closed wounds

[@RanBlakePiano]

Fine words

[@sirfermainclancharlie1018]

People of the past had such a tremendous spiritiual power and richness in emotions. This peice proves my observations. Today's art is profanity laced with void and dirt😢.

[@georgerikken]

Because ...now..... no empty landscapes anymore ... , heavens , silence......just concrete and noise....

[@gorgolyt]

Sounds incredibly modern.

[@excelsior999]

It is indeed a pity that some obtuse listeners tend to minimize the greatness of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas largely for the (to me) specious reason that he employs the so-called "binary" method of playing notes in many of them. I would point out that in more than a few of his marvelous sonatas (such as K. 466, as well as K.8 and K. 87, et al.) he eschews his trademark "binary" method almost entirely. It is well worth listening to all 555 of these gems (either on harpsichord or on the pianoforte) to appreciate the full scope of Scarlatti's genius. (BTW, K.466 is so moving that it has been known to reduce grown men to tears.)

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Apart from the five fugues and a tiny number of other sonatas, all the rest of Scarlatti’s sonatas *are* in binary form (ie two halves each to be repeated). You need to check out Ralph Kirkpatrick’s biography where he explains about the two different types - ‘open’ and ‘closed’ sonatas. Otherwise, you are quite correct; choosing any Scarlatti sonata is like playing the lucky dip into a treasure chest.

[@excelsior999]

@@elaineblackhurst1509 I guess we are both right, (you more than I, however).

[@BendOfMind]

now listen at 2x speed, imagine without rubato.

[@elisamartini1694]

C'est une merveille. Je pense que c'est la Sonate que j'aie entendue dans la Grande Librairie et jouée par Anne Queffélec.

[@peterjongsma5540]

We stand on the shoulders of giants

[@figstranmedia4936]

Beutifull and unique

[@anticoolkid67]

I can deeply feel his pain....

[@Jake-dq5pm]

I feel so uncultured, I'm not much of a piano player. I only know very very very basic keyboard, but I do play Clarinet. But anyway I only learned of this song from the classical music station in Fallout 4.

[@tenonakin9237]

Very beautiful!!!! I wonder what would be the grade-level of this piece? Thanks!

[@giuseppeangelini5455]

Dolcemente ipnotizzante

[@simhaghoma3361]

Bar 19 and bar 58 do not start with a triplet but with two sixteenth notes (bar 19) resp. two eighth notes. but i hear triplets as in all other bars. so this whimsical change of the many times repeated rhythm gets lost.

[@ambermertens]

I'm wondering if in 0:42 he meant for the first embellishment of the D in the right hand to be longer than when it comes back a bar later, since the notations are slightly different. 🤔 I like the interpretation overall, great job! 🤩