Maria Tipo, an Italian pianist who married technical mastery with charming unpredictability, receiving international acclaim for her sensitive and expressive interpretations of Scarlatti’s sonatas, ...

Naxos Records began recording the complete keyboard sonatas of Italian Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti at the close of the 1990s, with the release of Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Naxos, 1999 ...

Because it offers a unique blend of musical sophistication and emotional light and shade is the usual reply. Which is true, but there are classical pieces which get their power the same way as many ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Lucas Debargue recorded 52 of these single-movement works on a four-disc, four-hour survey. By Zachary Woolfe Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve ...

It can also play some staccato Scarlatti passages. This is the stuff of the future. Scientists have developed a new robotic hand which can play the piano with a curiously human touch. The study, ...

Most of us have tried our hands at the piano at some stage. Maybe that's playing Chopsticks with a friend, picking out our favourite song, or more dedicated learning. The piano features across all ...