Domenico Scarlatti
Sonatas
About Domenico Scarlatti's Sonatas
What Scarlatti is most prominently remembered for are the 556 short keyboard sonatas originally labelled Essercizi (Exercises). When he died in Madrid, Scarlatti left this treasury of manuscripts, which were largely unplayed beyond Spain and Portugal until pianist Carl Czerny published a selection of the sonatas in 1839.
Subsequently, an ostensibly complete set of sonatas was ordered and numbered by Luigi Longo (whose numbers begin with the initial “L”) in 1906.
Ralph Kirkpatrick added to and reorganized the sonatas (designating them with a second numbering system with the initial “K”) in a 1953 critical edition considered de rigueur for Scarlatti performance.
It is thought that many of Scarlatti´s 555 sonatas were envisioned in pairs, contrasting and complementing each other with regard to tonality, dynamics, tempo, complexity etc.
The result is an almost inexhaustible collection of pieces, the artistic value of which cannot be overestimated.
Forum posts about the Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti
My online Piano Recital! by gregwer
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Ader's Scarlatti by fftransform
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How to get good at sightreading ONCE AND FOR ALL by rachmaninoff_forever
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Suggest a piece for my Competition Repertoire by kornv9022
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Editions of Scarlatti, Mozart and Beethoven sonatas - Help please by joshjackson
Hi all, I completed my Grade 8 ABRSM 10 years ago. I am fairly rusty now but I think with some practice, I should be able to get back to tha...
Scarlatti Sonatas L430 - L349 - L325 by poiu
Here 3 Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti [url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO6TYTz5tqM]www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO6TYTz5tqM[/url] [url=www.youtube.co...
Replacement for Scarllati Sonatas by countrymath
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Scarlatti Sonatas with LH Arpeggios? by brogers70
Bernhard used to be keen on Scarlatti as a replacement for Hanon and Czerny. Anybody know any Scarlatti sonatas with lots of work on LH arpe...
Scarlatti by pianisten1989
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Rate Scarlatti Sonatas in order of difficulty? by orangesodaking
Hi, can someone please rank all 555 Scarlatti sonatas in order of difficulty for me please? I need to know. ...
Scarlati sonatas by oreno
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Horowitz/Haskil/Lipatti's Scarlatti Sonatas by acpiano
I've recently listened to recordings of Scarlatti's Sonatas by Horowitz, Haskil and Lipatti, and I find them all very interesting:...
Scarlatti sonatas complete by bob3.1415926
Does anybody know of a publisher who has (probably in several volumes) Scarlatti's complete sonatas for keyboard? Can you suggest a dec...
scarlatti sonatas in progressive order of difficulty? by nightingale11
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Obscure Scarlatti sonatas..grading? by yooniefied
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