150 Sonatas Vol.2: Piano (Solo)

The Keller-Weismann edition makes these treasures accessible without sacrificing scholarly integrity. You get 50 carefully selected sonatas with editorial fingerings and performance suggestions that respect the original manuscripts while acknowledging practical demands of the modern piano. This is serious repertoire that rewards deep study and yields immediate musical returns in the practice room.

Brilliant and conversational, often witty. Scarlatti's writing alternates between moments of lyrical beauty and bursts of keyboard fireworks that feel almost reckless in their harmonic freedom. The music sparkles with rhythmic vitality and maintains an intimate scale despite its technical ambitions.

Advanced pianists preparing challenging baroque repertoire, serious amateurs seeking historically informed works beyond the Bach-Handel mainstream, and teachers building comprehensive baroque curricula. Students with strong technique and musical maturity will find these sonatas demanding but entirely manageable.

• Treat hand crossings and rapid figuration as idiomatic gesture rather than ornamental filler. Scarlatti writes these passages to propel the music forward, not to display technique.
• Maintain rhythmic drive through passages where the harmonic rhythm shifts unexpectedly. The sense of forward momentum is often more important than strict adherence to metronomic regularity.
• Explore the editor's suggested fingerings as starting points, not commandments. Your hand size and technical priorities may suggest different solutions for octave leaps and scale runs.
• Balance clarity in both hands when rapid passagework appears simultaneously in treble and bass. Let the harmonic foundation anchor the texture rather than compete with melodic motion.

Feature a single sonata as a baroque anchor in a recital pairing baroque, classical, and romantic works. Alternatively, program two contrasting sonatas from this volume back-to-back to showcase Scarlatti's range within a single composer. These works also serve as excellent preparation for students advancing toward classical-era keyboard repertoire.

• Baroque ornamentation and figuration patterns specific to keyboard music
• Hand independence and cross-hand passagework
• Harmonic reading in complex baroque textures
• Stylistically informed tempo and articulation choices
• Navigating rapid scalar and arpeggio figuration with musical intention
• Keyboard realization of implied voices within single-line passages