from Clementi: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 (CDA67814) 1 Allegro [5'29] 13 minutes 10 seconds 3 tracks2 Adagio 'In the Solemn Style' [3'29] 3 Allegro con spirito [4'12] ‘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 ... |