Piano Sonatas Vol 5
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RRP £20.30 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Composer
- Muzio Clementi
- Performers
- Howard Shelley
- Label
- Hyperion Records Ltd
- Discs
- 2
- Barcode
- 0034571178141
Product Description Howard Shelleys acclaimed series of the complete Piano Sonatas of Clementi reaches its penultimate volume. In the latter half of the 1790s, when all the sonatas and sonatinas heard in this recording (with the exception of the Sonata Op 46) were published, Clementi apparently devoted his energies mainly to teaching. His pupils included members of well-placed families in London who were able to meet his reported fee of one guinea per lesson. He also had among his students aspiring professionals, including J B Cramer, Theresa Jansen, Benoit-August Bertini, and John Field. The sonatas heard here, owing to their technical difficulty, appear for the most part to be addressed to such students and other accomplished pianistsand perhaps for Clementis own performance in private circles. The sonatinas are clearly intended for less advanced pupils; today they are Clementis most well-known works as countless young pianists are still given them for instruction. Therefore this set should be of particular interest to many of those pupils and their teachers. Review from teaching works to fiery ,minor-key sonatas, the Clementi survey continues. These performances ,which ,as ever in this series,are clearly played,intelligently detailed and perfectly recorded. Editors choice --Gramophone,July 2010 With five discs down and one to go,Shelley is creating a benchmark for Clementi's solo piano music which i doubt will be moved in the foreseeable future and this volume's two-di
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Details
- Ex-library copy - discs have some light marks and are stickered, but play back with no problems, paper parts / booklet have stickers on with light wear. A cheap play copy.
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