FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 01:19:18 | 1CD | 270 MbThough Mozart was typically grudging, Beethoven had a high regard for Muzio Clementi’s compositions.

A leading soloist, Clementi was pivotal to the piano’s development as a virtuoso instrument, but he was also a publisher and innovator.

His sonatas combine clarity of form with moments of bravura brilliance, laced with scintillating hand-crossings and his trademark chains of thirds, on which Mozart commented.

Infectiously exciting in prestissimo sections, his sonatas offer a compendium of how to exploit new advances in the development of the piano.

Tracklist:01. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 12 No. 1: I. Presto02. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 12 No. 1: II. Larghetto con expressione03. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 12 No. 1: III. Theme & Variations04. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 6: I. Allegro di molto05. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 6: II. Prestissimo06. Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1: I. Allegro assai07. Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Mesto08. Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro09. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2: I. Presto10. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2: II. Andantino quasi allegretto-Presto11. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Presto12. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Rondo. Spiritoso13. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 9 No. 2: I. Allegro ma con espressione14. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Lento e patetico15. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 9 No. 2: III. Rondo. Allegro spiritoso