Clementi : Sonatinas Op.36 (complete) : Wim Winters, clavichord

The six sonatinas opus 36 written by Muzio Clementi around 1800 are absolute pearls of our music history. They show the hand of the master, teacher and artist... read further below...
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... I'm aware that today these marvelous pieces are sometimes surrounded with a somewhat negative perspective. But that is not the fault of Clementi... who in his time was one of the pillars of piano playing and music in general. And not without reason. Only in this set of 6 relatively short sonatas (he wrote two more bundles like this), he put his stamp strongly on the output he delivered: perfect control of form, technique and composition.
For piano or keyboard teachers, these works are a goldmine. All kinds of techniques are waved in the music that is designed to make you smile. Really, Clementi, like much of Mozart's music just makes you feel happy.
On the instrument: clementi in this time was, as almost all his colleagues, rapidly moving to a pianoforte performer only. But their technique still was very 18th century, which should not surprise us: by the time Clementi composed this set, he was almost 50 years old, so his hand must have been formed! On a good clavichord however, an instrument still very close to the early pianofortes, this music works perfectly. And playing them on my instrument gave me a lot of pleasure. Hope that shows in the recording!
Hope you like this complete recording! I've put the camera in an 'educational' angle!
Would love to read your personal experience with these Clementi sonatinas and if this recording helped you out in any way!
Track list of this video:
0:00 Sonatina No. 1 in C Major
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Vivace
4:23 Sonatina No. 2 in G Major
I. Allegretto
II. Allegretto
III. Allegro
10:08 Sonatina No. 3 in C Major
I. Spiritoso
II. Un poco adagio
III. Allegro
18:24 Sonatina No. 4 in F Major
I. Con spirito
II. Andante con espressione
III. Allegro vivace
28:27 Sonatina No. 5 In G Major
I. Presto
II. Allegretto moderato
III. Allegro di molto
39:32 Sonatina No. 6 in D Major
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Allegro spiritoso
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[@lorekinfai]

Chavichord, additional ornament, varying speed all make the whole music so warm and relax.

[@michaelnancyamsden7410]

Happy music... so needed these days. Beautiful!

[@johannes_kreisler]

This is absolutely fantastic! Played with so much knowledge, improvisational freedom, wit and sense of sound, these sonatinas no longer sound like beginner pieces at all, but like the beautiful music they are. And how wonderful the clavichord sounds! The ideal instrument for this music!

[@geoaspide]

These Clementi's works are gold. Beautiful harmonies and near for the common mortals to play. It is important to have peaces that can express art but not always struggling with technical difficulties. Really nice rendition on clavichord. It is the first time I heard it on this instrument.

[@davisatdavis1]

3 of these sonatinas I performed in my earlier years. I hadn't heard them ever since then.. The memories...you bring these pieces to life, and it's like my childhood is unraveling in front of me. Everything before life turned sour.

[@AuthenticSound]

glad you enjoyed them 👌

[@classicgameplay10]

Why did your life became sour ?

[@Pharca]

melodramatic much?

[@gailharris8877]

to think that this was written 200+years ago and remains to continue to bring beauty to all of us fortunate enough to listen ....to hear and to continue to share with others.

[@vesteel]

I like the ornamentations

[@AuthenticSound]

+vesteel great te read!

[@MosesKFrost-qn2sm]

Strongly agreed.

[@daletyoung2984]

Charming. Endearing. Fulfilling. Engaging and disarming.

[@wolfie8748]

Can't get enough of this. Thank you so much! Clementi is a definitly underrated composer such as czerny and many others.

[@charliej6063]

This showed up in my feed this week. As a beginner my teacher forced me to learn 1-3. I hated these stupid, infuriating junky sonatinas with a passion. However hearing a real pro play them on a real clavichord, oh my, what a revelation! Such bright, delightful playing. Loved it.

[@classicgameplay10]

You didn't like it when you were Young? What music you liked back then ?

[@777rogerf]

@@classicgameplay10 Today one can search KZbin and find most of these simple works by famous composers performed very well. Back in the day, if our piano teacher did not show us hoe to interpret the piece, we might not enjoy our own clunky performance and, therefore, dislike the piece, only to find decades later that, when performed well, these are little gems.

[@user-rs6qt8zu1s]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jimbuxton2187]

Yes, we have to discover the missing music in the so called junky sonatinas...interpretation is the missing component . How much is the question. 😂

[@exergy2]

Wonderful idiomatic playing of these VERY underappreciated pieces. I feel too many are exposed to them too early as little more than technical exercises and never appreciate their musical depth. Thanks for this contribution to putting them in the place they deserve in the literature. They ought to be taken seriously and presented to the public to enjoy!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks for listening! Yes, they are just amazing. We'll have these on CD/LP as soon as our budget allows. First the Bach partitas!

[@canadiansoul9401]

Hi Winter ;) My name is Cyro, from Brazil, I'm 36 years old. Last year I decied to learn Piano by myself, I'm studying Suzuki Method piano. i'm in Book 3 and first lesson of book 3 is Muzio Clementi Op 36 01. I heard this music for all versions possible, to really learn it. I confess that your version is the version I prefer :) of all of other. Thanks for your amazing job :) I love your tempo.

[@antoniavignera2339]

Riascolto di nuovo alla distanza di un anno ed apprezzo il meraviglioso suono di questo preziosissimo clavicordo di Wim . Grazie

[@mariusvanhandel2876]

I just spent the whole evening listening to this performance of the Clementi sonatinas again, not for study this time, but purely for enjoyment. This music is magical, such purity of tone and line; and so wonderfully optimistic and restrained, yet with plenty of rhetoric and feeling.

[@AuthenticSound]

Great to read!

[@vsalvinia3060]

I love Muzio Clementi's music. You're right, it just makes you happy!

[@robertm2000]

Clementi Sonatina #1! One of the first pieces I played on the piano! I was a child of 9 or so and I can remember my teacher almost yelling, "MAKE IT FLOW!" To him that meant all muddled together - no clear articulation at all. So I mashed the sustain pedal down and didn't let it up at all. It made that teacher smile to hear the cacaphony and he said, "That is what I want to hear!" Years later I got a harpsichord and it was a relief to hear the Clementi with actual articulation! Nicely played! This sounds very much like what I was striving for as a young piano student.

[@AuthenticSound]

Great to have that circle round! It indeed is what many piano teachers ask (not all!), and that simply doesn't work for the music. I'll have a video on Clementi tomorrow, and I'll make exactly this point.

[@user-74652]

You got a different teacher, right? Because you don't need a harpsichord to know that the way your teacher suggested is absolutely not the right way to play it.

[@canman5060]

I am sorry to say that your teacher will be yelled a thousand times over by the Clementi family , over 6 generations of teachers of pianoforte.

[@atmplayspiano]

These pieces bring back so many good memories. I remember how accomplished I felt having learned my first one (oddly enough no. 5). I also recently visited Clementi's grave, fittingly located in a quiet courtyard of Westminster Abbey.

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks for sharing your memories here, Andrew. The visit to Clementi's grave probably had a great impact, not? I visited Chopin's grave two years ago, and ddi not expect to be so emotional

[@yourblack2798]

@@AuthenticSound what sucks is he died SO young.

[@renaldtremblay8333]

Excellent! La musique de Clementi convient tout à fait au clavicorde. Bravo!

[@michaelfuria4257]

Wim's ornamentation in these Sonatinas are superb..

[@lavendelle_swift]

I really appreciate your interpretation! Just right tempi and articulations!

[@miguelangelsimonfernandez5498]

Makes me want to take clavicord or piano lessons. My mother actually owns an early Clementi piano but although once functional, It has been more of a decoration piece for 40 years as nobody plays it at home

[@marcelolima887]

I keep coming back to this recording, Wim. These sonatinas, played on your Clavichord, lighten my heart. Something to be treasured, for sure. Thanks for the 'educational angle', btw ;) Cheers!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thank you Marcelo!

[@Wazoox]

Wow, that's a hell of a blast from the past, I probably was 12 years old when I last played this :)

[@paulmetdebbie447]

The Clavichord has a wonderful round and warm sound, and your playing is exquisite ❤️. Clementi is smiling. I think this brings out more Clementi than a modern piano does. Although I always enjoy playing them on the piano. You are fortunate to have the choice.

[@guitarjamguy6200]

This is a truly beautifully styled performance of this such mathematically and formally 'perfectly balanced' music. I find it hard to believe that Clementi's music would ever fall into disfavor. This is a great video, both a pleasure to listen to and to watch you work. Very educational. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thank you for the compliments! You are absolutely right, Clementi deserves so much more attention, his influence on the classical era was enormous

[@excelsior999]

Thanks, Wim. I admire your playing, your erudition and your dedication to your vision

[@eddemans]

Geen idee waarom KZbin mij dit nu pas voorschotelt maar dit is echt gaaf. Ik ken dit materiaal natuurlijk wel maar op een klavechord komt het ook prachtig over.

[@fredhoupt4078]

Oh, this is just delicious. I have played these pieces and they are so much fun. What struck me from the beginning is that Clementi's opus 36 is perfectly at home on the clavichord. The Mozartian and Haydnian qualities just feel so appropriate on this instrument. Well done. Delightful.

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks Fred!

I've played all of these during my studies, in fact one of them could have been my first introduction to the sonat(in)a form way back in elementary school. Then I used to sightread them just to entertain myself. They indeed bring joy into the room. Thanks for recording these.

[@anjaschouteden6749]

Great music !

[@segovianity]

The melody of 'Allegro di molto', third movement of Sonata 5 in G became very popular as 'A Groovy Kind of Love'.

[@mevans4715]

Completely charming!!! Thank you, Wim.

[@foolim1]

it’s so nostalgic! thank you so much!

[@lemonemmi]

I played no. 1 and 2 when I was 10 and i didn't like them at all. Just rushed through to get to play something else. Now I found my old music books and am having a blast with these! They're so much fun to play and listen to! And they sound amazing on clavichord! Well done and thank you for another wonderful performance!

[@AuthenticSound]

thank you!

[@mcmurtryfan]

Notwithstanding the delightful sound and interpretation, I really like the aerial view, looking straight down at the instrument and your hands.

[@billwesley]

This clavichord sounds especially nice

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks Bill

[@basamak]

beautiful...

[@danielschechter8130]

At the risk of revealing my ignorance, I don't believe I've ever heard this music before, or heard of the composer. This came up in the suggestions after I subscribed to your channel. These pieces are absolutely lovely. Many thanks for posting this video.

[@AuthenticSound]

Then there is a world to discover!

[@danielschechter8130]

For which I thank you enormously!

[@philippaovenden7112]

This is so good!

[@johnphilpiano]

Lovely playing and a very nice instrument,Thank you also for all the information on Clementi which reinforces what I have already discovered, Clementi is so underrated and under appreciated, I love his works and am glad they are now coming to life.I own a broadwood square Circa 1824 and find his sonatas perfect for it.

[@josephmetz890]

Such big sound from a clavichord! Every note was pure pleasure and your playing was a revelation.

[@dickersonforever]

Thanks for this Win, I'm sure Clemeti has an smile in his face, this is the only place in you tube to hear this pieces like music and not like exercises like the other thousand chanels. Gretings.

[@euhdink4501]

Thank you Wim!

[@runsontrails3091]

I LOVED these when I played them the first time and now many years later. I find them 😃 I love them played on piano or Clavicord.

[@randobravo4335]

I really like the way you recorded this ! The sound is so dynamic and clear ..also the visual is great too having the ariel view of your hands and the keyboard is masterfull and teaches clementi's style of keyboard >>Grazioso!!

[@randobravo4335]

Also the ' bubble' [ the circle in top left corner] shows the Great clavichordist Wim rocking it out 👍👏☺️

[@williamhuband7913]

Delightful ! To one like me who have been "brought up" on these, it is an education again to hear them played by a master on such an expressive instrument as yours. Charming, and more - Thank you! & greetings from the rural fastnesses of Herefordshire!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks Bill! Diving into Dolmetsch more lately, didn't he live close to where you live, or am I wrong?

[@keagsster]

Awesome, love the added ornaments. Playing this set now too but I wish I had a clavichord to play !

[@Clavichordist]

Yes! My old piano teacher would gasp loudly and faint if she heard this, or worse, if she heard me do this with ornaments. I have a clavichord and need to give them a try.

[@AuthenticSound]

Nice to read, Keagan, thanks for listening

[@honoratamusica]

So beautifully played!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thank you!!

[@syourke3]

The first pieces I ever played when I was just a little child! Charming!

[@AuthenticSound]

Great!

[@antoniavignera2339]

Fantastico l’arpeggio della mano sinistra.Clementi senz’altro avrebbe detto ok ed anche il famoso Satie nella sonatine Bureaucratique si è servito del primo tempo “off he sete”ecc. complimenti per l’esecuzione con il clavicordo.

[@AntonioSantosGarcia]

Very beautiful

[@martineslava8642]

These are fantastic. Thank you for adding a wealth of music to KZbin. As always, friendly greetings from Phoenix.

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks Martin

[@herrvonunknowngut7141]

I tried this composition with my flute. Very good work.

[@quadricode]

This is my favorite interpretation of No. 1 by far!

[@tfae]

Love the performance! Having played the sonatinas many times, the ornaments are unexpected but delightful :)

[@michaelreaper666]

Awesome ...great to see the workings of your Clavichord ...well played Wim ...love the bass parts .. Thanks :)

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks for listening Mike!

[@lazarolucero4558]

Es realmente fabuloso ...una interpretación fantástica...de esta música tan bella ! Gracias

[@michaelfuria4257]

delightful pieces-work perfect on clavichord..

[@fabiano6793]

Fantastic!☆

[@canadiansoul9401]

MAN, YOU ARE SO GOOD DO BRING US A NEW WAY TO LISTEN THE MUSIC thanks for your work Really thank Hello from Brazil :)

[@AuthenticSound]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@5678__smrt]

8:12

[@polychronio]

Beautiful!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks!

[@umquaseeu]

Beautiful

[@marioluizestevamgoncalves5828]

Belíssimo! Adorei os ornamentos... "me ouvi" em alguns trechos e vejo que preciso rever outros... Obrigado pela maravilhosa execução!!!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thank you Mario

[@SimoneBattaglia94]

Great playing! Loved the ornamentation.

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks Melinus!

[@martincalvo7143]

Congratulations

[@orvanbestun2697]

I love this channel

[@javierbiaggi3072]

¡Oh how happy remembrances!

[@correasilvio2010]

The Best version!

[@benjamMin278]

This is very nice 👍🏻

[@daletyoung2984]

Clavichord is the MOST analogue musical instrument.

[@gavinfarkas8255]

I played these years and years ago and found them dreadfully boring. It wasn't until I started playing period instruments that I gained appreciation for these jewels. They worked wonders for my harpsichord and ornamental technique. Thanks for the post. I love the clavichord!

[@VetsrisAuguste]

This was amazing! I am so glad I watched and listened. I am currently working on Sonatina no. 3. I was surprised by your use of extra ornaments. Most are neither notated in my copy of the sheet music, nor have I heard them employed in other recordings. I understand that, historically speaking it would have been expected for the performer to use, add and omit ornaments at their discretion, nonetheless you’re the first I have heard using them in this particular instance. I found your use of ornamentation helped me understand the unembellished phrasing better. I also find the view very informative. The geometry and proportion of the music is so visible. As someone for whom visual patterns have a strong influence on logic, this view gave me new understanding of the patterns.

[@classicgameplay10]

I think his ornamentation is almost entirely improvised.

[@ibuprofen303]

36:09 - Well, Clementi obviously ripped off "A groovy kind of love" by Phil Collins, then speeded it up.

[@AuthenticSound]

I knew he was a genius :), thanks for sharing this, always interests me

[@tailleferrestan]

How lovely :)) I'm learning these now!

[@narapo1911]

These sonatinas sound so innocent and adorable. I can see why they make children and beginners play this music, they are somehow so appropriate for a child to play. This music has similar endearing naivety.

[@erixlloliver-darkmusic]

I don't like this on piano, but sounds good on Clavichord =)

[@Elhardt]

I like it on synthesizer even better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3vLfoB3f6yEgLc

[@excelsior999]

@@Elhardt It sounds best, though, on the kazoo.

[@michaelfuria4257]

@@excelsior999 Yep, kazoos rule...

[@excelsior999]

@@michaelfuria4257 If a kazoo is not readily available it also sounds pretty good on a harmonica or a ukulele.

[@VladVlad-ul1io]

Oh my God! I played the first sonatina :D

[@mv2rzst874]

Great!!!

[@uldymuldy]

Nice!thanks!

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks for listening, Uldy!

[@sofiewinters667]

Toffe video papa! ××

[@mariusvanhandel2876]

Ik moest wel even lachen om het Amsterdamsch Jiddisch bargoens uit de pen van een scholier uit een Vlaams dorp. Maar het oordeel is volkomen juist.

[@classicgameplay10]

Its weird that this particular video is one of the most popular music playing videos on this channel. I keep wondering why.

[@user-rs6qt8zu1s]

ハープシコードの響きが好きです この曲は　なんて軽やかで　楽しいのでしょう😊

[@shibamusique]

PIANO♥CLAVICORD I LOVE THAT

[@odetescapolan]

Belíssimo !!!!

Ugh writing sonatas is more difficult than one would imagine

[@AuthenticSound]

It is extremely difficult, will have a video on Clementi/sonatinas tomorrow, he deserves way more attention

[@geraldparker8125]

Yeah, that's for sure! I only tried once to write a sonata for piano, as a teenager. I was gob-smacked by Scriabin at the time and tried to write a sonata partly under his influence, quartal harmonies and all. I hardly knew how to modulate properly but did manage to drift into the requisite new keys. However, the development sections were so brief that it ended up closer to sonatina than sonata. I had a lot of nice musical ideas, lush melodies, and crisp harmonies and , but the work was formally rather stunted. 'T'ain't so easy. I had not taken only the most superficial theory courses and none in composition. I am glad that I got better as time went by!

[@mojeo522]

@@geraldparker8125 haha I wish I even knew what a modulation was :( composing doesn't make sense for me now but I don't know where to start.

[@wolfie8748]

@@mojeo522 just try to write a minuet first , then maybe a small sonata. Find some small melody , then try to modulate it and maybe change the rythm a little.

[@classicgameplay10]

@@wolfie8748 good advice.

[@gabithemagyar]

The allegretto moderato of #5 which starts at 33:50 sounds fantastic on this clavichord and at this pace. Really brings out the charming rustic character of the tune and the drone. Reminds me a bit of the first menuet of Leopold Mozart's Bauernhochzeit in terms of genre :-)

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks!

[@lukathurinn7906]

The arpeggios on the clavichord are the best

[@davidbeta8969]

tremendo

[@lshin80]

I foresee another future vinyl box set... ;D

[@AuthenticSound]

You have a sixth sense... I indeed kept the tapes for this recording...for now it is just finding the right commercial base to release the vinyl discs since it is really (I mean: really) expensive, certainly if a box and booklets are involved. But we'll come there!!

[@JacquesBPoirier]

Wow, these gems reveal themselves to me fully since i learned these in 1954. Thanks Wim! The clavicord was the right craddle for their birth. way better than the bad pianos we had at school then. The decorations helped a bit (yours?).

[@AuthenticSound]

Great to read Jacques

[@DruggedChicken]

Hey, just came across your channel and, as a piano graduate, started binging your videos immediately! I would recommend you to do a video on the interweavings of classical and popular music of 17th and 18th century. I think this is a very interesting topic and I believe our dear piano (or his predecessors, to be more precise) played quite a large role there.

[@DruggedChicken]

Let me explain myself a bit here: I believe that the interweavings of classical and popular music are criminally underrated in the academia, although it has been a thing that has been happening at large since the early 16 century (madrigals and such). The Baroque period is very interesting for this subject because of the "invention" of opera, basso continuo style etc. Also the way piano evolved during 17th and 18th century allowed for it to be perceived much less as a continuo instrument (although it can still serve that role) but more as a virtuoso soloist instrument, which, along with the evolution of other continuo instruments which gave them more sound, in turn decreased the trend of continuo style. The evolution of instruments is so beautifully intertwined with the history of music.

[@AuthenticSound]

Thank you so much for sharing this idea, that I've copied into Evernote in order not to forget about it!

[@joerosenman3480]

DruggedChicken I realize I’m coming in late... remember, what we put under the broad rubric of “classical music” is a look-back through the lens of history. Back in the day when these pieces were composed, music fell into broad categories: there were roughly four of importance. Church music, opera (by commission or as a court appointee), for the salon (by commission or sale-hopefully) and street music, to be performed for donations. I suppose there might be a fifth category-music written specifically for teaching students their craft-but that’s debatable since everything that has survived is “performance grade” in the family living room with guests if not the salon. So who knows. A rose by any other name? Mozart’s zingspiel was “opera for the (common) people” whereas his Italian opera was “Seria” and considered of a different class. Today we make no such distinction and I dare say The Magic Flute is one of his best known and beloved-and accessible. Is Figaro a “better” opera? Could you chose to lose either one? Not me! (I adore Mozart opera). So... Zingspiel is the rough equivalent to today’s plays/clubs (food and drinks were served but otherwise it was like a play in an opera hall). Is Sondheim popular music? Rogers and Hammerstein? Popular music as we know it today is a product of technology and mass communication. Not necessarily a bad thing, but radically different from the past. Those same advances allow us to save, savor and experience centuries of music-something few were able to do IN those past centuries; what we increasingly lack is an education OF those centuries past-of anything about those centuries: history, culture, geopolitics, religion and philosophy, science (pseudo and real), Art-including music, and so on. That we’re now raising generations of people ignorant of our shared history-and even our current geography and geopolitical reality!-it falls to them educate themselves; or not. Which means we have an uneducated populace. In other words, a mess. I could go on...

[@jrpn7400]

genial!

[@sebastiansanchez2001]

Mereces más visitas, saludos de Perú!

[@AuthenticSound]

Wishes from Belgium back!

[@homrom706]

xales ofe +1

[@harryjoseph1802]

The only 'negative' is the colour reversed keyboard! Pleasure, both aural and visual. Charming.

[@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286]

You racist fu-

[@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286]

Jk

[@harryjoseph1802]

@@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286 I'm colored by the way & in my b & w photographic negatives I look white!!

[@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286]

@@harryjoseph1802 lol, I'm Indian so I'm colored too

[@ledanielzeppelin]

is a beautiful music amigo =)

[@AuthenticSound]

Thanks!

[@PabloMelendez1969]

I wonder if Wim or Alberto are going to revisit the tempi for these sonatinas. The way Wim plays Mozart today is so radically different from just four years ago. If these need to be slowed down, as well, it will be quite a trip. I'm ready for it!

[@AuthenticSound]

It has been quite a journey indeed! These sonatinas though are still close to me. The recorded happened in one evening, all just felt, well, into place

[@MrLuridan]

This is a unfretted clavichord, correct? Beautiful playing. I love the attack of the clavichord.

[@eppiehemsley6556]

How would the clavichord sound playing ""Roll out the Barrel" & "Boiled beef and carrots?" I would like Wim to give us an example.

[@jacksonamaral329]

i enjoyed it a lot. baixer esse livro com as partituras. quero tocar, pelo menos algumas delas.

[@henryalarcon1578]

I really loved your version!!! These are the most beautiful Sonatinas I've ever heard. You played kind of different than the original sheet. Is it your personal arrangement?