Bach vs. Scarlatti vs. Handel: THE GREAT CONTEST

What if the greatest keyboard players of the first half of the 18th century — Bach, Scarlatti, and Handel — all born in 1650, had met in a contest of technical brillance and quickness of invention? This recording imagines these remarkable musicians thus competing. David Yearsley plays the large Fisk organ at Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University.

BACH:
Duetto I in e BWV 802
Allein Gott in der Höh BWV 676
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue BWV 564

SCARLATTI:
Sonatas in E, D, g K28-30
Sonata in G K328
Fugue in d K417

HANDEL:
Overture to Alessandro Severo
Fugue in g (from Six Fugues or Voluntarys, 1735)
Sonata in g op. 2/5-6
Organ Concerto in F op. 4/5