Description

The Italian pianist and composer Muzio Clementi was born four years before Mozart and outlived Beethoven by five years, making him a central figure in the Classical era. However, his influential pedagogical work "Gradus ad Parnassum" has overshadowed his esteem as an artist, something this volume of Clementi's piano sonatas aims to rectify. This selection of ten moderately to highly challenging sonatas, composed between 1768 and 1785, showcases Clementi's mastery of part-writing and counterpoint within a formal, dignified Classical style. Our carefully revised Urtext edition is based on the original 18th-century publications of these pieces.

Songs / Content

• Piano Sonata G major WO 14
• Piano Sonata A major op. 2,4
• Piano Sonata B flat major Oeuvre 1,2
• Piano Sonata B flat major op. 24,2
• Piano Sonata g minor op. 7,3
• Piano Sonata g minor op. 8,1
• Piano Sonata B flat major op. 8,3
• Piano Sonata E flat major op. 9,3
• Piano Sonata A major op. 10,1
• Piano Sonata f minor op. 13,6