Intermediate:
K70 – (Bb major - Allegro ) A two voice invention (2:10) Grade 5
K146 – (G major – Allegretto – 3/8 – A nice little menuet full of humour and light. Although it sounds dazzling and virtuosic it is much easier than it sounds. Main difficulty are the fast alternating hands. (3:10) Grade 6
K 198 – (E minor – Allegro) – A masterpiece. Dramatic and powerful, 2 voice invention. One of my favourites. (2:50). Grade 6
K 208 – (A major – Andante e cantabile) – Lyrical sonata, with a hauntingly beautiful melody and compelling harmonic progressions. Tranquil and luminous, this is a masterpiece. (3:40) Grade 5.
K 239 – (F minor - Allegro ) An excellent “dance” piece full of Spanish rhythms. (3:20) Grade 6
K 481 – (F minor – Andante e cantabile) Introspective, delicate and lyrical this could be an ideal choice for opening a recital. And if you need a study in phrasing and legato this sonata is for you! (6:20) Grade 6.
K 511 – (D major – Allegro) – A masterpiece. This is a 2 voice invention with the figurations equally distributed between the hands. Urgent and dramatic it will still be effective at a slower tempo. Technical problems are minimal. (2:40) Grade 6.
Advanced:
K 141 – (D minor – Allegro - 3/8 ) – A masterpiece. A fast toccata with lots of repeated notes over long stretches. Beautiful romantic melody after the repeated notes. Broken chords and skips. Excellent as a study replacement. (3: 50) Grade 8.
K 466 – (F minor – Andante moderato) - A masterpiece. Beautiful, slow lyrical sonata. As it is often the case with the lyrical sonatas, this one elicits tranquillity and peacefulness rather than melancholy and grief. Excellent for developing rhythm awareness of triplets versus quavers. It also has 3 against 2. (5:40) Grade 8
K517 – (D minor – Prestissimo – 2/2) Another fast and furious sonata that can easily replace any technical study. With a typical baroque figuration shared by both hands, this one is ideal for scales, broken chords and close position passage work, and excellent for finger independence and dexterity. Intense, urgent and relentless. (3:00) Grade 8
I. 20 “virtuoso” sonatas (fast, dazzling and technically demanding):
1. K 1 - (D minor - Allegro) This two voice invention is one of my favourite sonatas. Fast and delicate with lots of thirds and scale runs on the right hand, but no difficulty at all in the left hand. (2:30). Grade 6
2. K 13 – (G major – Presto) Fast and brilliant with a catchy, rhythmical theme on repeated notes. One of my favourites. (4:20) Grade 6
3. K 24 - (A major - Allegro) – Virtuoso piece alternating relatively calm sections with dazzling scale runs. (4:55) Grade 8+.
4. K39 – (A major – Allegro) – Fast and furious, full of nervous energy. Excellent for waking up the audience! Figurations are shared equally by both hands. Excellent Czerny replacement and superior warm up piece. Equally effective at a slower tempo. (2:55) Grade 7
5. K 46 – (E major – Presto) Another of my favourites, this sonata “makes my heart soar like a hawk” as the Cheyenne Indian would say. One of the most catchy motifs amongst all sonatas that makes one wish to dance, this is amazing music. (4:15) Grade 7.
6. K 63 (G major – Allegro) – Also known as Capriccio, this is celebratory, joyful and uplifting music that is much easier to play than it sounds. An all time favourite. Wide skips, echo effects, but fits the hand surprisingly well. (2:00) Grade 5.
7. K 67 (F# minor – Allegro) Toccatta like, this is a fast, dazzling sonata ideal for an encore. One of my favourites. (1:30) Grade 5.
8. K70 – (Bb major - Allegro ) A two voice invention (with a third voice intruding on the last two bars of the first part), this is excellent for finger and hand independence. (2:05) Grade 5.
9. K 98 – (E minor – Alegrissimo) Wonderful study in rhythm with unexpected developments, suspensions and syncopations. (3:30) Grade 7
10. K 119 – (D major – Allegro) – Another sonata ideally suited to replace some of the common technical studies. Fast repeated notes, broken chords, arpeggios, leaps, crossing hands, scale runs. This unusual, percussive – watch out for the castanet sounds! - sonata has a very catchy, dancing motif. One of my favourites. (5:40) Grade 6.
11. K 123 – (Eb major – Allegro) – Joyful and uplifting. (4:20) Grade 7.
12. K 125 – (G major – Vivo) – This non-stop sonata will not allow you to catch your breath! Great fun to play and an excellent virtuosistic piece to end a recital on a high note. If you are looking for a Czerny alternative look no further: it is a study for the left hand plus repeated notes, broken thirds, sixths and octaves. Also good practice for quick adjustments. (2:30) Grade 6
13. K 135 – (E major – Allegro) Dazzling finger work alternating with slow episodes in 4-voice counterpoint. Catchy and uplifiting. (4:05) Grade 7
14. K 141 – (D minor – Allegro) – A masterpiece. A fast toccata with lots of repeated notes over long stretches. Broken chords and skips. Virtuosic with dissonant guitar strumming in the left hand and lots of cross hands. Excellent as a study replacement. (3:30) Grade 8+.
15. K146 – (G major – Allegretto) - A nice little menuet full of humour and light. Although it sounds dazzling and virtuosic it is much easier than it sounds. Main difficulty are the fast alternating hands. (3:10) Grade 6
16. K 342 (A major – Allegro) – Dazzling and fast, this “baroque prelude” style sonata has most of its impressive finger work in the right hand. Excellent for finger control and co-ordination, it is actually much easier than it sounds. Great fun to play. (2:05) grade 5.
17. K 386 – (F minor - ) Another sonata full of brilliance, with fast scales and compelling harmonic progressions. (2:30) Grade 6.
18. K 405 (A major – Allegro) Based on a Spanish Buleria (a kind of Tarantella). Technically undemanding. (3:55) Grade 5.
19. K 427 – (G major – Presto quanto sia possible) Wonderfully exhilarating sonata, both to play and to listen to. The tempo direction (“as fast as possible”) gives you an idea of what to expect. A really electric and uplifting work requiring pianism of the utmost degree. Has a recurring motif that is incredibly joyful and catchy. One of my favourites (2.20) Grade 8
20. K 511 – (D major – Allegro) – A masterpiece. This is a 2 voice invention with the figurations equally distributed between the hands. Urgent and dramatic it will still be effective at a slower tempo. Technical problems are minimal. (2:40) Grade 6.
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II. Twenty “Lyrical” sonatas (Slow, reflective and tranquil. Technically unchallenging but requiring the utmost musicality – only for mature students).
1. K 25 (F# minor – Allegro) – A not too fast, beautiful two voice invention that moves in a relentless way with one of the most beautiful motifs of all sonatas. Crossing hands. Broken chords figuration in both hands. Harmonically adventurous and mood setting. A masterpiece. (3:55) Grade 5
2. K27 – (B minor – Allegro) This is my all time favourite Scarlatti sonata. A masterpiece. Surprisingly romantic, could very well have been composed by someone like Schubert. Very untypical Scarlatti. Achingly beautiful melody. Arpeggio figurations and lots of crossing hands. (3:35). Grade 8.
3. K 32 – (D minor – Aria) Lyrical sonata much easier than it sounds. Slow and melancholic. Good as a study in colouring and tone control. Although just one page long it requires some musical maturity to be truly effective. (2:25) Grade 3.
4. K 52 (D minor – Andante moderato) – Wonderful sonata, lyrical and devotional, uplifting and tranquil. Written (mostly) in 3-voice counterpoint. Another masterpiece. (5:25) Grade 7.
5. K 54 – (A minor – Allegro) – This another of my favourite sonatas. After a typical plaintive start in A minor, it suddenly displays a most romantic theme. Very unusual sonata. Hands crossing, thirds and sixths. (4:45) Grade 5
6. K 69 - (F minor -Moderato) My top favourite amongst the slow, lyrical sonatas, this is a hauntingly beautiful piece with a complex poliphonic texture. A masterpiece. (5:20) Grade 7
7. K87 – (B minor - Andante ) Intensely lyrical work of great musical depth. Couterpoint in three and four parts. Said to be Horowitz favourite Scarlatti sonata (4:35). Grade 7
8. K132 – (C major – Cantabile) A slow (well, sort of) A lyrical sonata with beautiful lush harmonies, haunting dissonances and arpeggios that are suddenly interrupted by a heart wrenching delicate melody based on repeated notes. One of my all time favourites. (7:25) Grade 6
9. K 197 (B minor - Andante) – Sonata in a lyric, cantabile style, moderately flowing. Expansive, sonorous qualities. (5:15) Grade 7.
10. K 203 – (E minor – 3/8) – Beautiful sonata with most of the figurations on one hand at a time. An insistent and catchy motif keeps bringing the sonata together. Unusual syncopations. Requires a sizeable hand span and accurate skips in some of the figurations. (4: 50) Grade 5
11. K 208 – (A major – Andante e cantabile) – Lyrical sonata, with a hauntingly beautiful melody and compelling harmonic progressions. Tranquil and luminous, this is a masterpiece. (3:35) Grade 5.
12. K 213 – (D minor - Andante ) – Another of my favourites amongst the lyrical sonatas. A slow full-of-longing melody increases gradually in intensity up to an unusual harmonic climax. Great to play and to listen to. (8:00). Grade 5
13. K 247 – (C# minor – Allegro) – Beautiful lyrical sonata (slightly reminiscent of K 69) with a weaving three voice counterpoint. Enharmonic modulations and movement into remote keys. A masterpiece. (10:00) Grade 6.
14. K 402 – (E minor – Andante - ) One of my favourites slow sonatas. Harmonically advanced and elaborate this is a masterful sonata with a superb central melody. Reflective and spiritual. (12:35) – Grade 5
15. K 404 (A major) – Beautiful lyrical sonata and technically undemanding. (8:55) Grade 4.
16. K 443 – (D major - Allegro ) – One of my all time favourites, After a rhythmic introduction characteristic of Spanish dances, a most gentle and evocative melody develops. Repeated notes. (4:10) Grade 7
17. K 461 (C major – Allegro) A beautiful sonata full of guitar sounds and Spanish nostalgia. A fast introduction is followed by a most evocative second part (4:00) Grade 5
18. K 466 – (F minor – Andante moderato) - A masterpiece. Beautiful, slow lyrical sonata. As it is often the case with the lyrical sonatas, this one elicits tranquillity and peacefulness rather then melancholy and grief. Excellent for developing rhythm awareness of triplets versus quavers. It also has 3 against 2. (5:40) Grade 8.
19. K 478 (D major – Andante cantabile) – Beautiful lyrical sonata (and one of the longest). Uses the whole keyboard. (12:00) Grade 8.
20. K 481 – (F minor – Andante e cantabile) Introspective, delicate and lyrical this could be an ideal choice for opening a recital. And if you need a study in phrasing and legato this sonata is for you! (6:25) Grade 6.
21. K 544 – (Bb major – Cantabile) – A beautiful aria, this lyrical sonata is a real gem. With occasional 4-voice couterpoint it has dignified, overlapping phrases. (4:10) Grade 5.
Best wishes,
Bernhard.
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