Clementi: Piano Jewels

Featuring

Rodolfo Leone
Muzio Clementi

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Compositional Technique

The Capriccios in E minor and C major, Op. 47, combine the caprice notion with a three-movement sonata form and feature elaborate melody-writing.

Composition History

The Capriccio in B flat major, Op. 17, includes an explanation that it introduces 'favourite songs' with 'considerable improvements by the Author'.

Composer Biography

Muzio Clementi, the composer, was 'bought' from his father at age 13 by an English visitor, Peter Beckford, to live at his estate in Dorset and perfect his keyboard skills.

Recording & Production

This album features several world premiere recordings of Clementi's works, reflecting the variety of his imagination and invention.

Composer Biography

Clementi, born four years before Mozart, outlived Ludwig van Beethoven, whom he served as a publisher, by four years.

Historical Context

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a poor opinion of Clementi's musical taste and expression, dismissing him as a 'mere mechanicus' despite acknowledging his technical ability.