Scott Kirkpatrick

Scarlatti’s well-known sonata in A Major (Kirkpatrick 208) is described as “the happiest one, with the most sunshine of all” by Scott Ross, whom it was the favorite among the legendary complete cycle he recorded in eighteen months of time in the château d’Assas. It is featured on top of this second volume of sonatas florilegium, with 29 other pieces.

Since the very dawn of the compact disc era, Ralph Kirkpatrick's seminal recordings of Domenico Scarlatti have mainly been conspicuous only by their absence from the active catalog. It's hard be sure just why, as all along listeners and reviewers alike have been requesting their return. Kirkpatrick's Bach has been reissued here and there, along with some oddities, including a live, all twentieth century recital Kirkpatrick performed in 1961, released on Music and Arts. But of the Scarlatti, nothing - how could the man who put the "K." in Scarlatti go neglected; were not his performances once considered the acme in Scarlatti played on the harpsichord?

Very Rare Late 60s Progressive-rock Album with the Emphasis on Organ and Guitar Workouts. Includes a Brilliant Version of Zappa's 'peaches En Regalia'.