With a European reputation second only to Haydn's during his lifetime, Muzio Clementi was highly regarded by Beethoven as a composer and his impact on music in general and the piano in particular as a performer, publisher, and innovator cannot be ignored. With it's cadenzas and dazzling virtuoso display, the Sonata Op. 33, No. 3 has the expressive range of a piano concerto, including an aria-like Adagio worthy of Mozart's Vienna. Clementi was noted for his technical brilliance with runs in thirds, a hallmark found in the Op. 25 sonata alongside surprisingly operatic pauses, and a captivatingly lucid style of writing that always sounds freshly minted. Stefan Chaplikov made his concert debut in Sofia at the age of eleven. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Michell Beroff and was a Rebanks Family Fellow at The Glenn Gould School under the tutelage of John Perry. He was awarded an Artist Diploma at Yale School of Music, and is now a doctoral student in Leon Fleisher's studio at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Tracklist:

Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Op. 33 No. 3: I. Allegro Con Spirito
Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Op. 33 No. 3: II. Adagio E Cantabile, Con Grand' Espressione
Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Op. 33 No. 3: III. Presto
Keyboard Sonata In F Major, Op. 33 No. 2: I. Adagio - II. Allegro Con Fuoco
Keyboard Sonata In F Major, Op. 33 No. 2: III. Presto, Legato Assai
Keyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 46: I. Larghetto Cantabile - Allegro Con Brio
Keyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 46: II. Adagio Cantabile E Sostenuto
Keyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 46: III. Finale. Allegro Con Fuoco
Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Op. 25 No. 1: I. Allegro Di Molto
Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Op. 25 No. 1: II. Adagio
Keyboard Sonata In C Major, Op. 25 No. 1: III. Rondo. Presto
Keyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 25 No. 3: I. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata In B-Flat Major, Op. 25 No. 3: II. Rondo. Vivace

UPC: 747313371273
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 8.10.18
Format: CD

Clementi / Chaplikov - Keyboard Sonatas 1 & 3 (CD)