Domenico Scarlatti: Piano Sonata In E K.380 L.23: Piano: Instrumental Work

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.

Piano Solo. This authoritative collection of the world's beloved sonatas and sonatinas for solo piano will provide the pianist with a lifetime of playing pleasure. The sonata repertoire offered here is rich and varied and presents each selection in its complete and original form.

Volume I of this critically acclaimed three-part collection features introductory text and performance notes to 30 Scarlatti sonatas from Sonata I to Sonata XXX. The works appear in chronological order and with Kirkpatrick numbers. This Urtext edition preserves the sonatas' original presentation save for the addition of accidentals and the inversion of treble and bass clefs in accordance with modern practices and ease of playing.Reprint of the Zen-On Music Company Inc. 1999 edition.

Maurice Hinson the editor of this book has selected his most favourite of Scarlatti's sonata's for this collection; these works were compiled over a period of thirty years of teaching performing and listening to these great pieces and are suited to the intermediate to moderately advanced pianist. These particular sonatas lend themselves especially well to performance on the modern piano.

47 Works-All of Scarlatti's familiar and best-loved masterpieces-well known worldwide from piano recitals and CD's appear here: tarantellas siciliennes pastorales and sparkling high-speed keyboard toccatas of the greatest ingenuity. Pianists and all music lovers can discover the music of Scarlatti in this compilation containing 47 exquisite pieces.

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.