It is well known that most of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas are short, usually having a duration of four or five minutes. Some, like the popular F major (K. 525), are in the two-minute range, as is this Sonata in G major, a work that is colorful and effervescent in its driving sixteenth notes. Interestingly, its perpetual motion-like flow is often punctuated by emphatic, fanfare-like chords. The work opens with a lively, chipper theme whose opening notes curiously resemble the melodic manner found in certain Stravinsky works, most notably the "Dumbarton Oaks Concerto". In the latter half of the work, as Scarlatti develops his thematic material, the music at times sounds like a playful squeak, an effect achieved by imaginative upper-register writing. Most of the music here, however, maintains the robust, lively character from the opening, creating an atmosphere that many listeners will find appealing.

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