Viv McLean - Domenico Scarlatti: 12 Sonatas (2025) [Hi-Res]

Described by Le Monde as “possesing the genius one finds in those who know how to forget themselves”, British pianist Viv McLean’s first release on Willowhayne Records is a selection of the Italian baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti’s endlessly inventive and innovative Keyboard Sonatas.
Since winning First Prize at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona, Viv McLean has performed in all the major venues in the UK, as well as throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA. He has performed concertos with orchestras such as the RPO, Philharmonia Orchestra, LPO, ECO, Halle Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan, Northern Chamber Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of such conductors as Daniel Harding, John Wilson, Wayne Marshall, John Lubbock, Philip Hesketh, Christopher Warren-Green, Owain Arwell Hughes, Carl Davis, Rebecca Miller, Chloe Van Soeterstede and Marvin Hamlisch. Viv often collaborates with groups including the Leopold String Trio, Ensemble 360, the Ysaye Quartet, the Sacconi String Quartet, as well as with artists such as Natalie Clein, Alice Neary, Daniel Hope, Lawrence Power, David Le Page, Mathilde Milwidsky, Fenella Humphreys, Adrian Brendel, Rebecca Evans and Mary Bevan. Viv has appeared at many festivals including the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the Festival des Saintes in France, Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden in Norway and the Cheltenham International Festival in the UK. Viv made his BBC Radio 3 recital debut through the BBC Radio 3 Young Artists Forum scheme and has also recorded for Classic FM, WDR Radio in Germany, Radio France, ABC Radio in Australia, NRK Radio in Norway and for the Sky Arts television channel. He has recorded for the Sony, Chandos, Naxos, Nimbus, Signum Classics, Lyrita, Stone Records, RPO Records and ICSM Records labels.