Scarlatti Sonatas
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All Scarlatti sonatas with information on key, tempo, duration and rank. The sonatas can be played.
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List of solo keyboard sonatas
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) wrote at least 555 sonatas. The table below lists all these sonatas with the following informations:
- K: Ralph Kirkpatrick's catalog number, K1 - K555.
- G: Categorization into groups G1 - G19 by Jeffrey Arlo Brown. See Details.
- Key: e.g. D minor, G major, etc.
- Tempo: e.g. Allegro, Presto, etc. See Details.
- Time: Duration in minutes and seconds
- Play: Click to play the sonata. In player select ☰ to continue playing. The music is stored on Wikimedia Commons.
- Sort: You can sort (ascending/descending) the table by clicking on the respective column head with ↕.
Ranking
Jeffrey Arlo Brown ranked the Scarlatti sonatas according to their artistic value and grouped them into 19 categories, G1 being the best and G19 the worst.
| Group | Category |
|---|---|
| G01 | The 20 Best Sonatas |
| G02 | The Best of the Rest |
| G03 | The Hey, That Sounds Like |
| G04 | The Legitimately Enjoyable |
| G05 | The Slightly Above Average |
| G06 | The Average |
| G07 | The Too Short |
| G08 | Block That Adjective! |
| G09 | The Excruciatingly Decent |
| G10 | The Merely Competent |
| G11 | The Uneven |
| G12 | The Too Long |
| G13 | The Disturbingly Happy |
| G14 | The Disappointing |
| G15 | When Arpeggios Attack |
| G16 | The Interchangeable |
| G17 | Nothing to Say Here |
| G18 | The Rest of the Worst |
| G19 | The 22 Worst Sonatas |
Explanation of Tempo
Basic tempo markings from slowest to fastest (bpm = beats per minute) :
- Larghissimo – very, very slowly (24 bpm and under)
- Adagissimo – very slowly
- Grave – very slow (25–45 bpm)
- Largo – broadly (40–60 bpm)
- Lento – slowly (45–60 bpm)
- Larghetto – rather broadly (60–66 bpm)
- Adagio – slowly with great expression (66–76 bpm)
- Adagietto – slightly faster than adagio (70–80 bpm)
- Andante – at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
- Andantino – slightly faster than andante (80–108 bpm)
- Marcia moderato – moderately, in the manner of a march (83–85 bpm)
- Andante moderato – between andante and moderato (92–112 bpm)
- Moderato – at a moderate speed (108–120 bpm)
- Allegretto – moderately fast (112–120 bpm)
- Allegro moderato – close to, but not quite allegro (116–120 bpm)
- Allegro – fast, quick, and bright (120–156 bpm)
- Vivace – lively and fast (156–176 bpm)
- Vivacissimo – very fast and lively (172–176 bpm)
- Allegrissimo or Allegro vivace – very fast (172–176 bpm)
- Presto – very, very fast (168–200 bpm)
- Prestissimo – even faster than presto (200 bpm and over)
Sources
- Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (Wikipedia)
- Scarlatti: Complete Sonatas (Scott Ross)
- Scarlatti ranked (by Jeffrey Arlo Brown)
- Classical Net (Kazutaka Tsutsui)
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