CLEMENTI Piano Sonatas
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Composer or Director: Muzio Clementi
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: MSR Classics
Magazine Review Date: 08/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 76
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: MS1475
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(3) Keyboard Sonatas, Movement: G minor |
Muzio Clementi, Composer
Ian Hominick, Piano Muzio Clementi, Composer |
(6) Keyboard Sonatas, Movement: F minor |
Muzio Clementi, Composer
Ian Hominick, Piano Muzio Clementi, Composer |
(3) Keyboard Sonatas, Movement: C |
Muzio Clementi, Composer
Ian Hominick, Piano Muzio Clementi, Composer |
(3) Keyboard Sonatas, Movement: G |
Muzio Clementi, Composer
Ian Hominick, Piano Muzio Clementi, Composer |
Author: Jed Distler
He brings appreciable power to the Sonata quasi concerto’s Allegro con spirito and underlines the Adagio’s gentle dissonances with the tiniest of pedal blurs. Unfortunately his prosaic, square-toed Presto never catches fire in the manner of Horowitz’s admittedly contrived yet far more characterful 1980 live recording. In the Presto of the G minor Sonata, Op 7 No 3, Hominick’s passagework falls just short of Howard Shelley’s decisive solidity, while his capable left-hand octaves are less shapely and incisive compared to Shelley. Yet in contrast to Shelley’s animated, generously phrased Cantabile e lento, Hominick’s steady deliberation creates a more austere contrapuntal clarity that holds attention from first to last. The G major Sonata, Op 37 No 2, stands out for Hominick’s excellent detached articulation and supple double notes in the Allegro moderato finale. Succinct and informative annotations by Andrea Lamoreaux round out this release.
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