Clementi Op. 8 - 3 Piano Sonatas

1. Piano Sonata No. 1 (G minor)
0:03 Allegro con molto spirito
3:56 Andante cantabile
6:38 Presto
2. Piano Sonata No. 2 (E♭ major)
8:38 Allegro assai
13:05 Larghetto con espressione
16:11 Rondeau. Allegro
3. Piano Sonata No. 3 (B♭ major)
19:20 Presto
23:44 Minuetto. Allegro
25:33 Rondeau. Allegretto grazioso
Credits:
• Muzio Clementi: Comple...
Muzio Clementi: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 7 · Aldo Antognazzi

[@rjuttemeijer]

I’ve always played the Clementi sonatas with great pleasure. I’m surprised so few pianists put them on their repertoire.

[@stephanjwilliams]

No. 2 - II. Larghetto con espressione. So beautiful! Clementi is a very interesting case - some of his best work is not that well known, maybe because people assume that composers always get better the longer they compose? Clementi had a very long career in composition, and his style changed, but can one really say that he got *better* ? Didone Abbandonata (Op. 50, No. 3), for example, is often criticized as boring, monotonous, and lacking inspiration. Whether or not one agrees with such critiques, it seems that Clementi's earlier works are less prone them. At any rate, Clementi never ceases to amaze me. I steered away from listening to these earlier sonatas for a while because it was hard to find recordings on modern pianos like this (nothing against fortepianos - but they can become tiresome on ears accustomed to Steinways).

[@clementisscoresandotherworks]

Truly a underrated composer! Sometimes history has its favourites, and Clementi was not one of them haha

[@stephanjwilliams]

13:22

[@MarkxUK1]

The Andante of no. 1: clear inspiration for Haydn for his sonata Hob: 48, Andante con Espressione?

[@clementisscoresandotherworks]

Mhm... hard to tell. There are some clear similarities I can see, but the 'spirit' of the two pieces is different.

[@eduardpratsialonso1849]

La num 2 dedicada a Victòria Imbert, alumna de 18 años. Amor no correspondido