Scarlatti, D - Keyboard Sonata K423 in C major

'Live happily' was Scarlatti's parting shot in the preface to his Essercizi per gravicembalo. Ares takes him at his word - lyrical as well as propulsive, he nails the music's Iberian soul. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

…this is a disc fired with an all-embracing Mediterranean volatility, a smouldering sense of danger, and dusted with the pungent Hispanic kick of smoked paprika. If you buy just one Scarlatti... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

colourful and very well recorded...Absolutely must-have — CD ReviewMore…