Monteverdi & Scarlatti & Carlos

I've been aware of Wendy Carlos since she was William Carlos. As a teenager,  I listened to Switched on Bach and even in those I Hate Classical Music days, I knew that it was something special. 

So 50 years later, when I ran across a mention of the Switched on Box, which collected all four of Carlos's Classical Moog albums, my first thought was, I want that. And I found several copies...all used...online. They varied between $250 and $650.

I didn't want it that much.

But just on a whim I looked at the LFPL website, and what do you know...they had a copy.

I was only a little bit excited until I looked at the track listing for the second CD:

Monteverdi AND Scarlatti?

Be still my beating heart.

Well, turns out it was the wrong Scarlatti--Domenico, not his daddy, Alessandro--but hey, close counts in horseshoes and classical music, right?

At any rate, it was sweet to hear some Monteverdi played on the Moog.