Clementi: Complete Sonatas Vol. III
Composer
Muzio Clementi
Artist
Constantino Mastroprimiano fortepiano
Format
3 CD
Cat. number
93974
EAN code
5028421939742
Release
October 2009
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About this release
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) was one of the most influential pianist composers of the late classical period. A friend of Beethoven, the teacher of John Field, and rival to Mozart as a piano virtuoso. He was also a publisher and a piano manufacturer. His upbringing was unconventional to say the least – his family ‘sold’ him to an English nobleman Peter Beckford, who took him to his country estate in Dorset where he received the education of a young Englishman, and taught music to the daughters of the Beckford family. Clementi eventually moved to London where he quickly made the acquaintance of Salomon, Dussek ,Cramer and Haydn and made his name as one of the foremost composers for the piano of his time. He was also closely associated with the technical development of the piano towards the grand pianos we are used to today in concert halls.
This is the third volume of Clementi's complete sonatas. Keyboard virtuoso Constantino Mastroprimiano tackles the sonatas Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 20.
Track list
Disk 1
1 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XI in E flat: I. Allegro
2 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XI in E flat: II. Larghetto con espressione
3 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XI in E flat: III. Rondeau: Allegro di molto
4 Muzio Clementi: Toccata in B flat: Prestissimo
5 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: I. Presto
6 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: II. Larghetto con Espressione
7 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: III. Lindor with Variations. Allegretto
8 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.1
9 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.2
10 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.3
11 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.4
12 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.5
13 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.6
14 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.7
15 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.8
16 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var.9
17 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var. 10
18 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.1 in B flat: Var. 11
19 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.2 in E flat: I. Presto
20 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.2 in E flat: II. Largo
21 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.2 in E flat: III. Rondo: Allegro assai
Disk 2
1 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.3 in F: I. Allegro di molto
2 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.3 in F: II. Largo
3 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.3 in F: III. Rondeau.Allegro
4 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.4 in E flat: I. Allegro
5 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.4 in E flat: II. Lento
6 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XII No.4 in E flat: III. Rondeau: Allegro con spirito
7 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.4 in B flat: I. Allegro con spirito
8 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.4 in B flat: II. Adagio
9 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.4 in B flat: III. Allegro assai
10 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.5 in F: I. Allegro
11 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.5 in F: II. Larghetto
12 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.5 in F: III.Presto
Disk 3
1 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.6 in F Minor: I. Allegro agitato
2 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.6 in F Minor: II. Largo e sostenuto
3 Muzio Clementi: Sonata Op.XIII No.6 in F Minor: III.Presto
4 Muzio Clementi: La Chasse in D: I. Allegro
5 Muzio Clementi: La Chasse in D: II. Andante vivace
6 Muzio Clementi: La Chasse in D: III. Allegro assai
7 Muzio Clementi: Capriccio in B flat
8 Muzio Clementi: Sonata in C: I. Allegro
9 Muzio Clementi: Sonata in C: II. Larghetto con espressione
10 Muzio Clementi: Sonata in C: III. Allegro molto