Aldo Ciccolini plays Mozart & Clementi
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
Ciccolini erases much of his former debonair self and opts for playing of a notable depth and drama...Nothing is glossed, everything is considered, and in the [k457] Sonata's storming finale...
Aldo Ciccolini plays Mozart & Clementi
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
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Ciccolini erases much of his former debonair self and opts for playing of a notable depth and drama...Nothing is glossed, everything is considered, and in the [k457] Sonata's storming finale...
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Though Aldo Ciccolini has always held Clementi's Sonata Op.34 No. 2 close to his heart, he had never recorded it before.
"One shouldn’t be impatient in life, certain things demand a gestation period. I'm not impatient to play something, I need the time to find myself ", says Aldo Ciccolini.
More than just a CD, this new recording is testimony to the art of a living legend. Now 87 years of age, the master's source of wonder and appetite for music remain intact. This follows a first and highly-praised recording devoted to Mozart (LDV03).
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February 2013
Ciccolini erases much of his former debonair self and opts for playing of a notable depth and drama...Nothing is glossed, everything is considered, and in the [k457] Sonata's storming finale his measured tempo somehow gives added substance to the music's C minor intensity. His way with Clementi, too, reminds you of a fiercely original and uncompromising voice
