Alexei Grynyuk – I adore this pianist! He started with five Scarlatti sonatas (out of some 550 compositions!). I do not know how Alexei selected these ones, but they were indeed excellently selected and I felt they enabled Alexei to demonstrate his artistry to the maximum with contrasting characteristics in texture, voice, and sonority. K87 was such a dreamy piece, with each layer of notes smoothly and thoughtfully connected. Delightful and light, K135 had a dance-like feel. K141 displayed successive sharp staccatos with light-weight left-hand chords. K466 was utterly and breathtakingly gorgeous, a wealth of true melodious beauty; its transparent clarity was out of this world. We all admired Alexei's finger work in the fast-tempo K20 which concluded this section. All the way through the Scarlatti, Alexei emphasized the melodic lines of each sonata, but, what was amazing to me was his left hand - his keyboard touch was ...