Tomasek: Fortepiano Sonatas

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Release Date: 21st Apr 2017
Catalogue No: SU42232
Label: Supraphon
Series: Music From 18th Century Prague
Length: 70 minutes

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Tomásek: Grande Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 13

Work length24:17

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Petra Matějová (soloist)

I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Track length10:05

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II. Menuetto. Allegro

Track length2:41

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III. Adagio

Track length6:14

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IV. Rondo. Presto

Track length5:17

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Tomásek: Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 14

Work length22:58

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Petra Matějová (soloist)

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro con brio

Track length7:57

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II. Menuetto - Trio

Track length3:24

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III. Adagio con moto

Track length5:30

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IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato

Track length6:07

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Tomásek: Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 26

Work length23:52

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Petra Matějová (soloist)

I. Adagio ma non tanto - Allegro moderato

Track length9:34

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II. Scherzo. Allegro assai

Track length3:10

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III. Andante con moto

Track length3:53

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IV. Rondo. Allegretto grazioso

Track length7:15

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With Václav Jan Tomášek we find ourselves at the furthermost border marking the realm of the Music from 18th Century Prague cycle. Without his music, however, the edition would not have been complete. Shortly after his arrival in Prague, Tomášek became renowned for his piano playing skills, later winning the moniker of the “Music Pope”. Not only was he an outstanding pianist and fruitful composer, but he also became a sought-after music teacher. His students included composer Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek, famous critic Eduard Hanslick as well as a number of virtuoso pianists.

Tomášek’s music oscillates between late classicist and early romantic style with songs and piano compositions making the bulk of his oeuvre. Sadly, only a little fragment of these are accessible on recordings. The present recording brings three out of his seven fortepiano sonatas (composed between 1799 and 1806); they are performed on a copy of a period instrument. Tomášek’s sonatas are marked by a profuseness of musical ideas and often also unusual modulation plans. Since her fortepiano studies in Paris, Petra Matějová has performed extensively, made a number of recordings and led master classes in several European countries. Her ambition in making this recording was to convince listeners and pianists alike that the time has come to bring Tomášek’s work to new life and give it back its well-deserved place on concert stages.

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