Through the amiable genre of the sonatina, generations of piano pupils have slowly and cautiously approached its “big sister”, the sonata. With the aid of our three-volume selection of sonatinas from two centuries, intermediate piano pupils large and small can undertake an excursion through the development of piano music from the early 18th to the end of the 19th century. This first volume contains 26 easy to moderately difficult sonatinas from the time of the High Baroque and pre-classical periods by composers including C.P.E. and J.C.F. Bach, Handel, Georg Benda, Domenico Scarlatti and Antonio Soler. Since the term “sonatina” had quite diverse meanings at this time, the volume offers works of varied character. The simple pieces at the beginning provide a way in, then the sonatinas follow in chronological order. A table shows the most important embellishments and their correct execution according to the rules of the time. A large body of literature for piano lessons!

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata C major Wq 53, 1 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata a minor Wq 53, 3 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonatina from 6 Sonatine Nuove B flat major Wq 63, 10 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonatina from 6 Sonatine Nuove F major Wq 63, 11 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonatina from 6 Sonatine Nuove d minor Wq 63, 12 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonatina from 6 Sonatine Nuove G major Wq 63, 7 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonatina from 6 Sonatine Nuove E major Wq 63, 8 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonatina from 6 Sonatine Nuove D major Wq 63, 9 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sonata C major HW XI/3, 1 - Georg Benda: Sonatina c minor - Georg Benda: Sonatina F major - Georg Benda: Sonatina a minor - Lodovico Giustini da Pistoia: Sonata B flat major - Georg Friedrich Händel: Sonatina d minor - Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli: Sonata D major - Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli: Sonata A major - Giovanni Platti: Sonata F major - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata G major K 169 - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata d minor K 34 - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata c minor K 40 - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata B flat major K 42 - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata F major K 446 - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata f sharp minor K 67 - Padre Antonio Soler: Sonata G major - Padre Antonio Soler: Sonata d minor