Sonatas

Matthias van den GheynInstruments

Sonatas

From the late baroque "sound music" to the classicalForm

Of six sonatas for harpsichord, three have been published and another three remain manuscripts. Van den Gheyn wrote other shorter sonatas for his students. With their symmetrical sentence sequence, these are closer to the courtly Divertimento than Gheyn's own Divertimenti.


Sonata Nr.6  (C-Major)

Allegro

Un poco Andante

Rondo Allegro moderato


Sonata (for Pupils) Nr. 9  (D-Major)

Presto

Giga Allegro

Largo

Giga Presto

Siciliano Largo


Sonata (for pupils)  Nr. 12  (a-minor)

Aria Allegro

Siciliano Largo

Aria Presto



Sonata Nr. 1  (C-Major)

Allegro

Minuetto


Sonata Nr. 2  (G-Major)

Allegro

Minuetto


Sonata Nr. 4  (F-Major)

Allegro

Andantino

Minuetto