Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata: Guitar: Instrumental Work

Plus de 200 morceaux du début de la Renaissance et du Baroque aux périodes classiques et romantiques. Inclues des oeuvres de Carcassi, Bach, Tarrega et Mozart. / Guitare / Partition

Domenico Scarlatti's wealth of invention and the immediacy of his emotional appeal - from darkest tragedy to bold farce - have long attracted guitarists to make his music their own. This collection of nine sonatas arranged bythe Gray/Pearl Duo gathers music displaying both Scarlatti's virtuosic dash and lyrical poignancy.The volume contains an un-edited score as well as performance-ready parts with suggested fingerings technical solutions andinterpretive articulations. This is the first book in an exciting new series from the eminent American Guitar duo of Julian Gray and Ronald Pearl.

Born in the Italian city of Naples Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the Classical period. Scarlatti composed operas cantatas symphonias andliturgical pieces but his 555 keyboard sonatas are most well-known; a vast collection of single movements in binary form. Lily Afshar's arrangement of Sonata K. 11 (a favorite of Segovia) utilizes staccato articulationreminiscent of the harpsichord and othertechniques including cross-string trills and minimal slurs. The pair of sonatas work well together written in E minor and E major.Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) wasthe most accomplished Lutenist of the Baroque period and the most prolific composer of Lute music writing over one thousand pieces for the instrument. The four pieces arranged in this book show the beautiful polyphony andfantastical writing of Weiss. Afshar utilizes campanella (cross-string) fingerings throughout to emphasize the musical line and produce a fuller sound on the instrument.

Scarlatti's (1660-1725) 'Veinte Sonatas' transcribed for guitar. Scarlatti demonstrated virtuoso technique in these sonatas employing numerous ornaments rapidly repeated notes hands crossing over one another and wide jumps across the keyboard. Scarlatti's sonatas can be either bright and exuberant or introspective in styles that translate well for solo guitar.