Composer: Muzio Clementi
Performer: Stefan Chaplikov
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
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Muzio Clementi:
Sonata in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3
01. I. Allegro con spirito
02. II. Adagio e cantabile, con grand’ espressione
03. III. Presto
Sonata in F major, Op. 33 No. 2
04. I. Adagio – II. Allegro con fuoco
05. III. Presto, legato assai
Sonata in B flat Major, Op. 46
06. I. Larghetto cantabile – Allegro con brio
07. II. Adagio cantabile e sostenuto
08. III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Sonata in C Major, Op. 25 No. 1
09. I. Allegro di molto
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Rondo. Presto
Sonata in B flat Major, Op. 25 No. 3
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Rondo. Vivace
Stefan Chaplikov (piano)
Recorded: 12-14 June 2016
Recording Venue: Morse Recital Hall, Yale School of Music, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
With a European reputation second only to Haydn’s during his lifetime, Muzio Clementi was highly regarded by Beethoven as a composer and his impact on music in general and the piano in particular as a performer, publisher and innovator cannot be ignored. With its cadenzas and dazzling virtuoso display, the Sonata Op. 33, No. 3 has the expressive range of a piano concerto, including an aria-like Adagio worthy of Mozart’s Vienna. Clementi was noted for his technical brilliance with runs in thirds, a hallmark found in the Op. 25 sonata alongside surprisingly operatic pauses, and a captivatingly lucid style of writing that always sounds freshly minted.