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Clementi & Hummel: Capriccio & Sonatas / Mesaglio
Stradivarius

Clementi & Hummel: Capriccio & Sonatas / Mesaglio

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Details

Composer
Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Artist
Sebastiano Mesaglio
Format
CD
Label
Stradivarius
Released
Sep 02, 2022
Catalog #
STR37236
UPC
8011570372369

About

Still today, an area of shadow, sorely in need of illumination, continues to surround the piano output of various composers living between the end of the 18th and start of the 19th centuries, indisputable protagonists at the keyboard and creators of new aesthetics in the period in which they lived, forgotten with their death and rarely considered by posterity if not within limited and unjust boundaries. They are considered almost unapproachable, even negligible, because of a critical vision incapable of seeing, broadly speaking, beyond the established triads: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven for Classicism, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt for early Romanticism. Thus, figures such as Cramer, Field, Czerny and Moscheles, who lived between the two centuries, and Hiller, Thalberg and Henselt, born in the 19th century, are eternally relegated to second place. Above all, however, justice is continued to be denied to Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) and Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), who had a direct and not insignificant relationship with the above-mentioned trinities, especially the former, steadfastly holding their own and reciprocating their esteem, apart from certain disagreements seen in some of their letters, and teachers in turn of some of the misunderstood figures mentioned above. In this admirable recording, the pianist Sebastiano Mesaglio, sensitive and zealous re-evaluator of what the history of the piano has passed down to us, offers through an aptly chosen selection of sonatas the chance to gain a clear understanding of what Clementi and Hummel’s contemporaries thought of them, quite rightly, and what we in turn should think.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 09:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  2. 2 II. Largo con molto espressione 09:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo con molto espressione
    Duration
    09:32
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  3. 3 III. Finale: Vivace 08:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    08:49
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  4. 4 I. Adagio - II. Allegro agitato 09:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Adagio - II. Allegro agitato
    Duration
    09:00
    Composer
    Muzio Clementi
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  5. 5 III. Adagio sostenuto 06:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Muzio Clementi
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  6. 6 IV. Allegro vivace - Presto 03:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace - Presto
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Muzio Clementi
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  7. 7 I. Allegro agitato 07:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro agitato
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Muzio Clementi
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  8. 8 II. Largo e sostenuto 04:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Largo e sostenuto
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Muzio Clementi
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio
  9. 9 III. Presto 06:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Muzio Clementi
    Performer
    Sebastiano Mesaglio