John McCabe - Scarlatti & Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K. 105
02. Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K. 426
03. Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K. 517
04. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 490
05. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K. 69
06. Keyboard Sonata in F Major, K. 518
07. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 28
08. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 215
09. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K. 133
10. Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K. 259
11. Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K. 43
12. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K. 460

CD2
01. Piano Sonata in G Minor, Op. 50 No. 3 "Didone abbandonata": I. Largo patetico e sostenuto-Allegro ma con espressione
02. Piano Sonata in G Minor, Op. 50 No. 3 "Didone abbandonata": II. Adagio dolente
03. Piano Sonata in G Minor, Op. 50 No. 3 "Didone abbandonata": III. Allegro agitato e con disperazione
04. Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 33 No. 2: I. Adagio-Allegro con fuoco
05. Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 33 No. 2: II. Presto
06. 12 Monferrine, Op. 49: No. 4 in C Major
07. 12 Monferrine, Op. 49: No. 3 in E Major
08. 12 Monferrine, Op. 49: No. 12 in C Major
09. Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 No. 3: I. Adagio molto-Allegro
10. Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 No. 3: II. Adagio con molto espressione
11. Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 No. 3: III. Allegro non troppo


John McCabe (1939-2015) was renowned as both a pianist (a Haydn specialist and supporter of many contemporary composers) and as a composer in his own right of very fine music in several genres. This double album was created form two vinyl LPs issued by Hyperion in 1981 and shows McCabe as a first-class interpreter of the baroque and early classical sonata styles, here brought together. Domenico Scarlatti, an exact contemporary of Handel and JS Bach though living a few years longer, is probably the most renowned and certainly the most prolific of composers of the (usually single movement) keyboard sonata, more traditionally played on harpsichord. A hundred years later, pre-eminent among others, Clementi developed the classical piano sonata, introducing sustain and other dynamic effects available to the fortepiano, being produced by his family company among others. Both sets of works also translate very well to the modern concert grand.

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