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Special offer. Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas

Sandro De Palma (piano)

Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas
The excellent De Palma, playing a modern instrument, shows how much Clementi, disparaged by Mozart, lauded by Beethoven, moved with his times...Beethoven these aren’t, but they run deep, thrillingly...

Sunday Times, 27th January 2019

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The excellent De Palma, playing a modern instrument, shows how much Clementi, disparaged by Mozart, lauded by Beethoven, moved with his times...Beethoven these aren’t, but they run deep, thrillingly...

Sunday Times, 27th January 2019

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Muzio Clementi saw the piano evolve from relative fragility in the 18th century to its dominance at the beginning of the Romantic era – his influence in developing the instrument’s virtuoso possibilities cannot be overstated. These works embrace this progression, illustrating Clementi’s earlier Classical style in the Sonata, Op. 1, No. 3, introducing more scintillating virtuosity in Op. 8, No. 2, and taking us to the dramatic final sonatas including Op. 50, No. 3, which narrates the story of Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Clementi: Sonata in G minor, Op. 50 No. 3
Work length24:45
  • Sandro De Palma (piano)
  • Recorded: 16-18 November 2017
  • Recording Venue: Auditorium dell'Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
I. Introduzione. Largo patetico e sostenuto - II. Allegro ma con espressione - Più allegro
Track length11:48
III. Adagio dolente
Track length4:59
IV. Allegro agitato e con disperazione
Track length7:58
Clementi: Sonata in G Major, Op. 1 No. 3
Work length13:44
  • Sandro De Palma (piano)
  • Recorded: 16-18 November 2017
  • Recording Venue: Auditorium dell'Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
I. Maestoso
Track length7:39
II. Andantino grazioso
Track length6:05
Clementi: Sonata in E flat Major, Op. 8 No. 2
Work length10:48
  • Sandro De Palma (piano)
  • Recorded: 16-18 November 2017
  • Recording Venue: Auditorium dell'Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
I. Allegro assai
Track length4:18
II. Larghetto con espressione
Track length2:50
III. Rondo. Allegro
Track length3:40
Clementi: Sonata in D minor, Op. 50 No. 2
Work length19:35
  • Sandro De Palma (piano)
  • Recorded: 16-18 November 2017
  • Recording Venue: Auditorium dell'Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
I. Allegro non troppo ma con energia
Track length9:04
II. Adagio con espressione
Track length4:10
III. Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo presto
Track length6:21

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27th January 2019

The excellent De Palma, playing a modern instrument, shows how much Clementi, disparaged by Mozart, lauded by Beethoven, moved with his times...Beethoven these aren’t, but they run deep, thrillingly exploring idiom and aesthetic. 0 Sunday Times
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