Ten Scarlatti Sonatas: Piano: Instrumental Album

Ten fine examples of the classical sonata form by Domenico Scarlatti for Solo Piano.

Easier Piano Pieces 60-Domenico Scarlatti is best known for his vast output of 555 harpsichord sonatas many of which have been edited and published by the Associated Board. The nine sonatas in this collection for have been carefully edited by Howard Ferguson and published as part of the Easier Piano Pieces series and these have been edited for performance on the piano and include dynamics and marks of articulation.

Piano Sonata in d minor K.9 L.413-?Bach?s Preludes are on holiday at the Mediterranean? the wonderful alliance of polyphonic fluency and musical delight in Domenico Scarlatti?s piano sonatas could be described thus. Originally composed for harpsichord thesepieces exhaust the technical and tonal possibilities of keyboard instruments in such a refined manner that pianists have never been able to resist playing them on modern pianos whether grand or upright. We have chosen one of themost popular sonatas with a moderate level of difficulty (level 4/5) from our extensive three-volume Urtext edition (HN 395 451 476). This single edition is an asset for teaching and provide an ideal introduction to Scarlatti?sfascinating musical language.

Domenico Scarlatti will be remembered as one of the most original composers of his century and his music has maintained a foothold in the repertoire of today's pianists. His reputation stems primarily from his approximately 600 harpsichord sonatas written for his young student Princess Maria Barbara who eventually became Queen of spain. These sonatas have been preserved in large collections in important European libraries in Venice Paris Munster and Vienna.

Domenico Scarlatti Two Sonatas In E K.380 L.23 And K.381 L.225 for solo Piano as edited by Eiji Hashimoto.

Consid?r? aujourd?hui comme l?un des grands compositeurs de clavier de l?histoire de la musique Domenico Scarlatti est ?galement le tout premier virtuose du clavier. Comme les deux volumes pr?c?dents d??uvres choisies de Scarlatti (HN 395 451) cette s?lection contient 24 sonates issues de diff?rentes p?riodes cr?atrices de son ?uvre et offre ainsi une vision globale des multiples facettes du talent de ce compositeur italien qui travaillait ? la cour d?Espagne. Gr?ce ? ses th?mes caract?ristiques ? des m?lodies naturellement chantantes et ? des motifs dansants Scarlatti parvient ? d?passer toute forme de lourdeur baroque. Dans ces sonates en un seul mouvement latechnique de jeu devient un ?l?ment formel structurant. Pour la premi?re fois dans l?histoire du r?pertoire pour clavier l?interpr?te doit y ma?triser de grands sauts et des croisements de mains. La pr?face du grand pianiste Bengt Johnsson revient sur le parcours de Scarlatti et sur les diff?rentes sources sur lesquelles se fonde notre ?dition. Quelques sonates paraissent ici pour la premi?re fois en version imprim?e. Petit cadeau suppl?mentaire une pr?face originale parue initialement dans une ?dition de 1738 en pr?ambule ? 30 sonates pour clavier de Scarlatti est reproduite ici et fournit de nombreuses informations utiles ? la compr?hension de la musique pour clavier de ce compositeur.

Domenico Scarlatti was the most gifted son of Alessandro Scarlatti the great master of Neopolitan opera and of the Italian solo cantata.

Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783) was an Catalan polymath and composer who composed over 100 Keyboard Sonatas. Debate rages as to whether he studied under Scarlatti but he was definitely influenced by the latter’s music and contributed much to the development of European Organ Piano and Harpsichord music. Sonata por la Princesa de Asturias was one of his many works that had been lost but was found in a private collection and published in 1979 by the Spanish pianist and musicologist Antonio Baciero.

Selected and edited by Stoddard Lincoln. A graded progression of 42 sonatas through style and technique.