Selected Sonatas, Volume 2 - Piano

Domenico Scarlatti is today considered on of music history's 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 Scarlatti's 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 Scarlatti's piano sonatas published in 1738. Absorbing reading for all who wish to acquire a deeper understanding of Scarlatti's piano music.

Table of Contents:

• Sonata, K. 544 in B-flat major
• Sonata, K. 513 in C major
• Sonata, K. 477 in G major
• Sonata, K. 426 in g minor
• Sonata, K. 423 in C major
• Sonata, K. 417 in d minor
• Sonata, K. 397 in D major
• Sonata, K. 396 in d minor
• Sonata, K. 377 in b minor
• Sonata, K. 347 in g minor
• Sonata, K. 280 in A major
• Sonata, K. 278 in D major
• Sonata, K. 270 in C major
• Sonata, K. 265 in a minor
• Sonata, K. 238 in f minor
• Sonata, K. 200 in C major
• Sonata, K. 141 in d minor
• Sonata, K. 125 in G major
• Sonata, K. 96 in D major
• Sonata, K. 72 in C major
• Sonata, K. 64 in d minor
• Sonata, K. 58 in c minor
• Sonata, K. 9 in d minor
• Sonata, K. 4 in g minor

Publisher:	Henle
Composer/Author:	Scarlatti, Domenico
Arranger/Editor:	Johnsson, Bengt
Catalog Number:	HN451
Pages:	104