Clementi's mature symphonies were lost for a century until Georges de Saint-Foix discovered lengthy sections of them in manuscripts acquired by the Library of Congress in 1917.
Instruments
Clementi's mature symphonies feature a prominent role for wind instruments and include three trombones, similar to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Compositional Technique
Clementi's symphonies feature intense chromaticism, great mobility in individual parts, and abundant use of counterpoint, stemming from his lifelong love for Bach's music.
Composition History
Clementi's symphonies were continually revised and reworked, with movements transferred between works or their order transposed, possibly because he had an orchestra available to play them.
Composition History
Muzio Clementi, though a prolific piano composer, published only two orchestral works during his lifetime, despite writing and conducting more symphonies.
Composition History
The complete scores and parts for Clementi's symphonies, which must have existed for performances, may have been mistakenly destroyed by a servant of one of his descendants.
Composition History
The symphonies on this album are reconstructions by other musicians, notably Alfredo Casella and Pietro Spada, as no definitive versions by Clementi exist.
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