tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post7362334560756735009..comments2024-03-18T14:05:44.909-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Masterpieces of Music: Origins of the Keyboard SonataBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-62761813961649657102012-02-11T23:21:37.804-06:002012-02-11T23:21:37.804-06:00Very nice post here, I was glad to see you didn...Very nice post here, I was glad to see you didn't forget Scarlatti after all! Both fine examples of his music here. Have you heard Argerich perform the first of these two on piano? So fast it almost sounds like a harpsichord (And she's gone faster than this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue2LN7X_aPQ ).<br /><br />But what about Handel? It's said Beethoven considered him the greatest composer, and of the late Baroque composers he certainly had some of the strongest influence on on the course of western music. Personally he's a bit hit and miss for me, but when he hits? Fantastic stuff!Nathan Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123467208814463388noreply@blogger.com