Piano Sonata in C major, Op 37 No 1 (Clementi)
from Clementi: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 (CDA67814)
1 Allegro di molto [7'03]
2 Adagio sostenuto [3'40]
3 Finale: Vivace [4'44]
15 minutes 27 seconds 3 tracks
‘Volume 5 of Howard Shelley's exemplary survey brings us sonatas from the late 1790s … several of the works in Vol 4 had a Haydnesque feel but here there seems to be a more personal style on show ...
‘Shelley's playing is exemplary, with a gloriously fluent technique and a most perceptive interpretational approach … the Six Sonatinas here prove particularly nostalgic, core repertoire from man ...
‘You won't often hear [the Op 36 Sonatinas] played as skilfully as here … along with his best-known works, the 12 on this set include some of Clementi's best, the two sonatas of his Op 34, pieces ...