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Shelley is a first-rate advocate, with passage-work of crystalline clarity, light-footed pedalling, and communicating a sense of deep commitment to this unjustly under-rated repertoire. The... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Release Date: 28th Sep 2009
Catalogue No: CDA67738
Label: Hyperion
Series: Clementi Piano Sonatas
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

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Clementi: Sonata in C Major, Op. 25 No. 1

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I. Allegro di molto

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II. Adagio

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III. Rondeau: Presto

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Clementi: Sonata in G Major, Op. 25 No. 2

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I. Allegro con brio

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II. Rondo un poco allegro

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Clementi: Sonata in B flat Major, Op. 25 No. 3

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I. Allegro

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II. Rondo: Vivace

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Clementi: Sonata in A Major, Op. 25 No. 4

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I. Maestoso e cantabile

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II. Molto allegro

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Clementi: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 5 (aka Op. 26 No. 2)

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I. Più tosto allegro con espressione

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II. Lento e patetico

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III. Presto

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Clementi: Sonata in D Major, Op. 25 No. 6

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I. Presto

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II. Un poco andante

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III. Rondo: Allegro assai

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Clementi: Sonata in F major, Op. 26

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I. Allegro

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II. Rondeau: Allegretto

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Clementi: Sonata in A Major, Op. 33 No. 1

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I. Allegro

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II. Presto

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Clementi: Piano Sonata in F major, Op 33 No 2

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I. Adagio – Allegro con fuoco

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II. Presto

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Clementi: Sonata in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3

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I. Allegro spirito

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II. Adagio e cantabile con grand' espressione

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III. Presto

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Clementi: Sonata in E flat major Op. 41

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I. Allegro ma con grazia

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II. Adagio molto e con anima

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III. Allegro molto vivace

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Howard Shelley’s splendid series of Clementi’s complete piano sonatas continues with a fourth volume containing some of the composer’s most important works. The ten sonatas of Opp 25, 26, and 33 that Shelley performs in this recording are all products of a period in Clementi’s life when he was the darling of the London music scene, acclaimed by contemporaries in the most effusive language: ‘But the performance beyond all others to astonish, was Clementi’s concerto on the Piano Forte: what brilliancy of finger, and wonderful execution! The powers of the instrument were never called forth with superior skill, perhaps not equal’.

As well as the elements of virtuosity described above, the works recorded here—particularly the fourth and fifth of the Opp 25 sonatas—contain a high degree of compositional originality and forward-looking piano writing. The A major sonata (No 4) has a curiously nineteenth-century sound. The first movement, Maestoso e cantabile, displays a profusion of melodic ornament reminiscent of Chopin. The fifth, perhaps Clementi’s greatest sonata, was much championed by Horowitz, among others.

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December 2009

Shelley is a first-rate advocate, with passage-work of crystalline clarity, light-footed pedalling, and communicating a sense of deep commitment to this unjustly under-rated repertoire. The sound, within the two-dimensional limits of stereo, could not be better. Unreservedly recommended.

December 2009

…Shelley… adds to unfailing textural clarity, sensitivity of phrasing and fine touch a willingness to seek out what is meaningful in this music and realise it to a degree that might have surprised even its composer.

There is huge variety and pianistic invention … Shelley brings energy, vitality and clarity to the sparse textures of a work [Op 25 no 5] which owes much to Scarlatti … Stunning recording quality, exemplary
programme notes by the leading authority on Clementi, two discs for the price of one and generous playing time on each, and piano playing of the first order from Howard Shelley

Clementi - Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 4

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