Selected Piano Sonatas, Volume II, Domenico Scarlatti. Piano solo

Domenico Scarlatti is today considered as one of music historys great piano composers, and the first-ever piano virtuoso. The present collection contains 24 sonatas from various creative periods, offering a survey of the rich and varied output of this Italian who worked at the Spanish court. Scarlatti triumphed over the heavy Baroque style with his characterful themes, natural cantabile melodies, and dance-like movements. The performance-technical moment is a formally constitutive element within his one-movement sonatas. For the first time in the history of piano music, the interpreter must cross the hands and master wide leaps. Renowned pianist Bengt Johnsson provides information on Scarlattis life and career, as well as on the various sources on which this edition is based, in his preface. A few sonatas appear in print here for the first time. An additional bon-bon is the reprint of a preface to the edition of 30 of Scarlattis piano sonatas published in 1738. Absorbing reading for all who wish to acquire a deeper understanding of Scarlattis piano music.

Product Details
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Instrumentation: Piano
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Product Type: Book [Softcover]
Year of Publication: 1993
Pages: 96
ISMN: 9790201804514
Edition Number: HN 451

Piano Sonata g minor K. 4
Piano Sonata d minor K. 9
Piano Sonata c minor K. 58
Piano Sonata d minor K. 64
Piano Sonata C major K. 72
Piano Sonata D major K. 96
Piano Sonata G major K. 125
Piano Sonata d minor K. 141
Piano Sonata C major K. 200
Piano Sonata f minor K. 238
Piano Sonata a minor K. 265
Piano Sonata C major K. 270
Piano Sonata D major K. 278
Piano Sonata A major K. 280
Piano Sonata g minor K. 347
Piano Sonata b minor K. 377
Piano Sonata d minor K. 396
Piano Sonata D major K. 397
Piano Sonata d minor K. 417
Piano Sonata C major K. 423
Piano Sonata g minor K. 426
Piano Sonata G major K. 477
Piano Sonata C major K. 513
Piano Sonata B flat major K. 544
Appendix: Piano Sonata (different version) D major K. 96