facile - easy - leicht-Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is well-known for his Keyboard compositions. His 555 Keyboard Sonatas remain ever popular to this day and it is for this reason that this first volume of Selected Sonatas is indispensable to performers of the genre. Originally composed for the Harpsichord Organ or early Pianoforte the sonatas display the riveting use of discords and unconventional modulations to remote keys. It is also thought that much of Scarlatti's Keyboard music contains influences of Iberian music considering that he spent much of his working life in the service of the Spanish and Portugueseroyal families. The first volume of Selected Sonatas compiled by Kenneth Gilbert includes many of the popular and recognised sonatas. Bearing in mind that Domenico Scarlatti was a highly competent and popular Keyboard player in his day so much so that he was employed in the service of two royal families his sonatas are composed with much experience understanding and expertise creating an essential addition to the repertoire of all Keyboard players of the Baroque genre.

Ode For Saint Cecilia's Day (Harpsichord) Harpsichord Part OnlyHandel's majestical setting of John Dryden in a cantata to honour the patron saint of music first performed in London in 1739.

Written for solo harpsichord.The composer writes: In 1989 I composed Jardin des herbes a set of three pieces for solo harpsichord. My intention was to evoke the colour and delicate aromatic qualities of three herbs rosemary sweet violet and lavender. Rosemary is a bush with pale blue flowers glowing in the moonlight Sweet Violet is described as early spring flowers with seductive scent and Lavender with tranquility andpurity. Lavender was revised in 1995. This score represents the original 1989 version. Jardin des herbes was written for Akiko Kuwagata who gave the first performance in Tokyo in March 1989.