a r t i s t : Muzio Clementi (Howard Shelley)
t i t l e : The Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 Opp. 9, 10, 11 & 12
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Hyperion
c a t : CDA67717
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Classical
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2008
t r a c k s : 33
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 155,0 MB
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This is the second volume in a complete chronological survey
of the Clementi sonatas which we hope to complete in six
double CD sets released over the next three years. After the
somewhat frivolous delights of Volume 1, Volume 2 displays
Clementi in more serious and weighty form. The selection
recorded here, particularly the Op 12 sonatas, is of pieces
that aim for depths of expression seldom encountered in the
composers earlier music.
Muzio Clementi was for much of his long career one of the most
famous musicians in Europe. Around the turn of the nineteenth
century his public esteem was probably second only to that of
Haydn, and, a decade or so later, Beethoven. But unlike the
reputations of these other two, Clementis fame as a musician
rested almost solely upon his exploits, as both player and
composer, at a single instrument, the piano. And the vast
majority of his compositions are sonatas for that instrument.
This is a fascinating body of work which spans European
musical life from Scarlatti to Chopin.
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cd1
01-piano sonata in b flat major, op 9 no 1 i.allegro [05:45]
assai
02-piano sonata in b flat major, op 9 no 1 ii.larghetto [02:29]
03-piano sonata in b flat major, op 9 no 1 iii.rondo [04:27]
prestissimo
04-piano sonata in c major, op 9 no 2 i.allegro assai [03:38]
05-piano sonata in c major, op 9 no 2 ii.lento [02:09]
06-piano sonata in c major, op 9 no 2 iii.rondo allegro [04:19]
spiritoso
07-piano sonata in e flat major, op 9 no 3 i.allegro [05:20]
assai
08-piano sonata in e flat major, op 9 no 3 ii.larghetto [03:51]
09-piano sonata in e flat major, op 9 no 3 [04:14]
iii.prestissimo
10-piano sonata in a major, op 10 no 1 i.allegro con [04:49]
spirito
11-piano sonata in a major, op 10 no 1 ii.menuetto [03:17]
allegretto con moto trio
12-piano sonata in a major, op 10 no 1 iii.prestissimo [03:56]
13-piano sonata in d major, op 10 no 2 i.maestoso [03:17]
14-piano sonata in d major, op 10 no 2 ii.presto [04:17]
15-piano sonata in b flat major, op 10 no 3 i.presto [03:40]
16-piano sonata in b flat major, op 10 no 3 ii.andante [02:43]
con espressione
17-piano sonata in b flat major, op 10 no 3 iiiallegro [04:17]
assai
cd2
01-piano sonata in e flat major, op 11 no 1 i.allegro [04:32]
02-piano sonata in e flat major, op 11 no 1 ii.larghetto [03:44]
con espressione
03-piano sonata in e flat major, op 11 no 1 iii.rondeau [03:33]
allegro di molto
04-toccata in b flat major op 11 no 2 [04:12]
05-piano sonata in b flat major, op 12 no 1 i.presto [06:06]
06-piano sonata in b flat major, op 12 no 1 ii.larghetto [04:09]
con espressione
07-piano sonata in b flat major, op 12 no 1 iii.lindor [11:17]
with variations allegretto
08-piano sonata in e flat major, op 12 no 2 i.presto [03:39]
09-piano sonata in e flat major, op 12 no 2 ii.largo [03:06]
10-piano sonata in e flat major, op 12 no 2 iii.rondo [03:15]
allegro assai
11-piano sonata in f major, op 12 no 3 i.allegro di molto [05:32]
12-piano sonata in f major, op 12 no 3 ii.largo [02:57]
13-piano sonata in f major, op 12 no 3 iii.rondeau [03:15]
allegro
14-piano sonata in e flat major, op 12 no 4 i.allegro [04:48]
15-piano sonata in e flat major, op 12 no 4 ii.lento [03:36]
16-piano sonata in e flat major, op 12 no 4 iii.rondeau [03:54]
allegro con spirito
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