Description
This densely written F minor sonata consists of an almost unbroken stream of fine-grained notes. Packing more than 2,000 notes into roughly four minutes, it demands the concentration to sustain unrelenting tension across its single movement. It offers a showcase of the rapid passagework typical of Scarlatti, aimed squarely at advanced players.
Sonatas across a range of instrumentations, including piano parts from violin sonatas, spanning Classical to Romantic styles.
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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples and spent the latter part of his life at the Spanish and Portuguese courts. Born in the same year as Bach and Handel, he is renowned for his 555 single-movement keyboard sonatas, notable for their bold leaps and incorporation of Spanish dance idioms. This site includes 47 of his works, including Sonatas K.455 and K.491.
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