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Clementi - Complete Piano Sonatas Vol.1: opp.1, 2, 7 & 8

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA67632

Barcode: 0034571176321

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 28th January 2008

Works

Clementi, Muzio

Piano Sonata in A flat major, WoO13
Piano Sonata in G major, WoO14
Piano Sonatas (3), op.7
Piano Sonatas (3), op.8
Piano Sonatas (6), op.1
Piano Sonatas (6), op.2

» no.2 in C major

» no.4 in A major

» no.6 in B flat major

Artists

Howard Shelley (piano)

Works

Clementi, Muzio

Piano Sonata in A flat major, WoO13
Piano Sonata in G major, WoO14
Piano Sonatas (3), op.7
Piano Sonatas (3), op.8
Piano Sonatas (6), op.1
Piano Sonatas (6), op.2

» no.2 in C major

» no.4 in A major

» no.6 in B flat major

Artists

Howard Shelley (piano)

About

This is the first volume in a complete chronological survey of the Clementi sonatas. There is very little competition for this repertoire and indeed this volume appears to include the first ever recording of Clementi's six Sonatas Opus 1.

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, Clementi’s 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.