Howard Shelley's recordings of Muzio Clementi's piano music, having traversed his dozens of piano sonatas over 12 compact discs, came to a close with this miscellaneous two-disc set of non-sonata works. They're definitely a grab bag, dating from all stages of Clementi's career. Serious students of music around 1800 are probably the main market for this release, but there are some intriguing items. Two of the Capriccios on the first disc are among Clementi's last works, composed in 1827 when he was well into his eighth ...
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Howard Shelley's recordings of Muzio Clementi's piano music, having traversed his dozens of piano sonatas over 12 compact discs, came to a close with this miscellaneous two-disc set of non-sonata works. They're definitely a grab bag, dating from all stages of Clementi's career. Serious students of music around 1800 are probably the main market for this release, but there are some intriguing items. Two of the Capriccios on the first disc are among Clementi's last works, composed in 1827 when he was well into his eighth decade. They are strikingly modern in style, given the capriccio title apparently because they broke the bounds of sonata form, and they contain many echoes of Beethoven and even of the young Liszt. The opening Adagio of the Capriccio in C major, Op. 47/2, is in 5/4 time, perhaps the first work ever to receive that time signature. Some of the music must have been written for Clementi himself to play, and throughout there are hints of the beginnings of the 19th century piano virtuoso...
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