The beauty of Scarlatti - Sonata in F major K446 "Pastorale" (Clark Bryan)

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Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
SONATA IN F MAJOR (K446/L433)
Clark Bryan (2020)
"Pastorale" refers to something of a pastoral nature in music, whether in form or in mood. A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture.
Common examples include the last movement of Corelli's Christmas Concerto, the third movement of Vivaldi's Spring concerto from The Four Seasons, the Pifa movement of Handel's Messiah, the first movements of Bach's Pastorale (BWV 590) for organ, and the Sinfonia that opens part II of his Christmas Oratorio as an introduction to the angelic announcement to the shepherds.
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Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. His music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.
Only a small fraction of Scarlatti's compositions were published during his lifetime; Scarlatti himself seems to have overseen the publication in 1738 of the most famous collection, his 30 Essercizi ("Exercises"). These were well received throughout Europe, and were championed by the foremost English writer on music of the eighteenth century, Charles Burney. Ralph Kirkpatrick numbered these sonatas K1 - K30.
The many sonatas that were unpublished during Scarlatti's lifetime have appeared in print irregularly in the two and a half centuries since. Scarlatti has attracted notable admirers, including Béla Bartók, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Pieter-Jan Belder, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Emil Gilels, Enrique Granados, Marc-André Hamelin, Vladimir Horowitz, Franz Liszt, Ivo Pogorelich, Scott Ross, Heinrich Schenker, András Schiff, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
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[@michaelmcauley1292]

This is in 12/8 and should be felt in 4 beats to the bar. The tempo is too slow especially for the tempo of Allegrissime.

[@renatoterzo2111]

Another beautiful pastoral sonata by Scarlatti after the celebrated K 9

[@davidw6936]

Allegrissimo doesn’t make much sense for this piece, does it?

[@RalphHancock]

It means 'very cheerful' and doesn't necessarily specify a speed. I would have played this a bit faster myself but not much, just enough to give it a bit more swing.

[@RalphHancock]

But after several hearings and listening to faster versions, I've come round to thinking that Clark Bryan's slow tempo is perfect for the sonata. It's possible to be 'very cheerful' without being frantic.

[@tylerhay6560]

The tempo is the last thing I’m worried about with this performance!

[@claudiotoffoli5355]

There are some discrepancies of writing in different editions of this sonata - mainly at the end of some phrases and the bass line. Also the “Allegrissimo” tempo indication is somewhat misput, as there are other Scarlatti sonatas equally marked “Allegrissimo” that really run faster. Anyway, the spirit of this Pastorale sonata is quite similar to its sister-K 513 C Major sonata, and in my opinion both of them should be played the same andamento. The present performance, I think, is correct.