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Cramer: Seven Late Sonatas / John Khouri
Music and Arts Programs of America

Cramer: Seven Late Sonatas / John Khouri

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Composer
CRAMER, JOHANN BAPTIST
Artist
John Khouri
Format
CD
Label
Music and Arts Programs of America
Released
Dec 01, 2003
Catalog #
MA CD-1128
UPC
017685112829

About

The German-born, Anglicized composer, instrument builder, and publisher J.B. Cramer was an outstanding representative of the London Piano School. In the late 18th-century and 1s half of the 19th, two schools of piano playing came to prominence. One is the so-called Viennese school and the other the school of Field (so described by Friedrich Wieck). This school might more accurately be called the school of piano playing based in London which was founded by J.C. Bach and Muzio Clementi. These and succeeding pianists admired the English grand pianoforte and used it whenever possible. Now badly neglected, Cramer wrote keyboard sonatas of outstanding merit, the best of which are resurrected in this collection. Curiously, for the last 31 years of his life, Cramer stopped composing in this genre. Why? One reason is that the sonata as a form had become unfashionable in England during this period, most pianists writing for the more popular market. Another reason Cramer's whole output declined after 1830 may be that he felt completely out of sympathy with the new pianos, with the new style of composition and with the new pianists. Although he knew many of the new pianistic stars, he found little sympathy for their music and playing styles. He was firmly committed to the pre-1835 Broadwood grand, with its leather hammers, triple stringing and wooden frame. The new school of piano playing alienated him and in turn he became a relic of the past, respected to his face but privately scorned. Out of sync with the prevailing musical climate, there as no demand for his serious works and he simply stopped producing them. These last sonatas then, represent a final flowering of his compositional talent coinciding with the final phase of the early Broadwood grand piano. The performer's previous fortepiano recordings of works by Beethoven, Weber, Clementi and Dussek have been favourably reviewed in Gramophone, Fanfare, Musica, and other trade journals.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Introduzione: Largo assai - Allegro 07:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Largo assai - Allegro
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  3. 2 II. Andante, quasi allegretto 04:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante, quasi allegretto
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  4. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro non tanto 05:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro non tanto
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  5. 4 I. Allegro agitato 09:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro agitato
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  6. 5 II. Adagio espressivo assai 06:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio espressivo assai
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  7. 6 III. Rondo: Allegretto con mosso 06:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto con mosso
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  8. 7 I. Introduzione: Largo assai - Andantino - Allegro giocoso 10:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Largo assai - Andantino - Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    10:54
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  9. 8 II. Adagio patetico 10:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio patetico
    Duration
    10:02
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  10. 9 III. Rondo: Allegretto scherzando con brio 06:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto scherzando con brio
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Allegro spiritoso 08:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro spiritoso
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  13. 2 II. Largo sostenuto 04:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo sostenuto
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  14. 3 III. Rondo: Allegretto 05:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  15. 4 I. Introduzione: Grave - Più mosso e agitato - Tempo moderato ma energico 12:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Grave - Più mosso e agitato - Tempo moderato ma energico
    Duration
    12:26
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  16. 5 II. Adagio maestoso ed espressivo assai 05:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio maestoso ed espressivo assai
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  17. 6 III. Allegretto con moto 03:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto con moto
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  18. 7 I. Allegro con spirito 06:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  19. 8 II. Andante con espressione 02:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante con espressione
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  20. 9 III. Rondo: Vivace 02:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Vivace
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  21. 10 I. Grave - Moderato, energico ed espressivo assai 14:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Grave - Moderato, energico ed espressivo assai
    Duration
    14:06
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  22. 11 II. Andantino quasi allegretto 03:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andantino quasi allegretto
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri
  23. 12 III. Rondo più tosto moderato 07:23
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Rondo più tosto moderato
    Duration
    07:23
    Composer
    Johann Baptist Cramer
    Performer
    John Khouri