Michael Borgestede & Roberto Loreggian

Michael Borgestede & Roberto Loreggian: Handel: Complete Harpsichord Music

by C. Michael Bailey
April 2, 2016

It would be Romantic if it weren't so Baroque... The revered Italian keyboard master decided to take in a salon costume party while visiting Venice on his most recent concert tour. All attendees were appropriately masked, including one imposing figure seated at the harpsichord, playing. Listening to the performer for a moment, the Master, Domenico Scarlatti, remarked, Che può essere solo una delle due persone che giocano, il caro Sassone o il diavolo. ("That can be only one ...