Muzio Clementi
Sonatas
About Muzio Clementi's Sonatas
Clementi wrote over a hundred sonatas and sonatinas, of which the one called Didone Abbandonata is the most popular.
Overshadowed by the contemporary works by Mozart and Beethoven, Clementi’s sonatas has not the access to concert platform that they might have deserved. Beethoven was in fact a great admirer of Clementi’s sonatas, while Mozart famously poured scorn over Clementi on a number of occasions, and begged his sister Nannerl not to play the sonatas with their wide stretches and heavy chords, which he thought might ruin the natural lightness of her hand.
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Sonata Op. 7 No. 3 | G Minor | 1782 | 8 |
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Sonata Op. 13 No. 6 | F Minor | 1785 | 8 |
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Sonata Op. 25 No. 2 | G Major | 1790 | 8 |
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Sonata Op. 25 No. 5 | F-sharp Minor | 1790 | 8 |
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Sonata Op. 25 No. 6 | D Major | 1790 | 8 |
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Sonata Op. 33 No. 1 | A Major | 1794 | 8 |
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Sonata Op. 40 No. 1 | G Major | 1802 | 8+ |
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Sonata Op. 40 No. 2 | B Minor | 1802 | 8+ |
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Sonata Op. 40 No. 3 | D Minor | 1802 | 8+ |
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Sonata (Didone abbandonata) Op. 50 No. 3 | G Minor | 1821 | 8+ |
Forum posts about the Sonatas by Muzio Clementi
Best Clementi Piano Sonata? by swilliams002
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Sonatas of Clementi and Hummel by nightwindsonata
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Best Clementi interpreter? by fhertzbe
Who is, in your opinion, the best interpreter of Muzio Clementi's piano sonatas?...