Muzio Clementi's sonatas are a peculiar animal. He was a composer whose works straddled the Classical and Romantic periods both temporally and stylistically. Therefore, pianists who play his sonatas have a wide range of choices when making decisions about articulation, dynamics, and other details that will determine how the music sounds and feels, not to mention choosing between harpsichord, fortepiano, or modern piano for an instrument. This Naxos release includes three sonatas, which date from 1795 to 1821, performed by ...
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Muzio Clementi's sonatas are a peculiar animal. He was a composer whose works straddled the Classical and Romantic periods both temporally and stylistically. Therefore, pianists who play his sonatas have a wide range of choices when making decisions about articulation, dynamics, and other details that will determine how the music sounds and feels, not to mention choosing between harpsichord, fortepiano, or modern piano for an instrument. This Naxos release includes three sonatas, which date from 1795 to 1821, performed by Tanya Bannister on a modern piano. She gives all of them more of a Classical interpretation, using a soft, graceful touch and shying away from drama for drama's sake. The first sonata, in G minor, Op. 34/2, is one that was a favorite of Vladimir Horowitz. Bannister is much less forceful in its opening movement than Horowitz, but that doesn't mean it lacks purpose. Its middle movement sounds like a languid gavotte, while that of the A major, Op. 50/1, marked Adagio sostenuto e...
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