Clementi and Mozart
Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Muzio Clementi and Mozart, including the famed contest put on by Emperor Joseph II between the two musicians.
Muzio Clementi was one of the 18th and 19th Century鈥檚 most revered musicians 鈥� a star performer, a composer admired by Czerny, Beethoven and Chopin and an astute musical businessman. However, he also had his detractors in his own time and history hasn鈥檛 been as kind to him as to the greater names of his time 鈥� Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Today his name is unfamiliar to most but it is certainly better known than the music he wrote. He was fortunate to have interactions with perhaps the world's three greatest composers, but this fortune may have also worked against him - putting him in direct competition with them. Over this week of programmes, Donald Macleod explores Clementi鈥檚 contact with the greatest composers of his day, reassessing the life and music of the man known as the 鈥渇ather of the piano鈥� in the light of these encounters.
In Tuesday鈥檚 programme, Donald explores the relationship between Clementi and Mozart, the famed contest put on by Emperor Joseph II between the two musicians and the later use of each other鈥檚 music. Donald also explores a failed romance that in the aftermath of the contest threatened to derail Clementi's musical career.
Mozart (arr. Clementi): Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K 550 (Finale)
Gisella Curtolo, violin
Lucio Labella Danzi, cello
Davide Cabassi, piano
Luigi Lupo, flute
Sonata in G minor, Op 7 No 3
Peter Katin (fortepiano)
Toccata in B flat Major, Op 11 No 2
Howard Shelley, piano
Sonata in B flat major, Op 24 No 2
Piotr Kepinski, piano
Variations on Mozart鈥檚 Batti, batti, o bel Masetto from Don Giovanni, WoO 10
Maria Tipo, piano
Sonata in E flat major, Op. 8 No 2 (II. Larghetto con espressione)
Howard Shelley, piano
Produced by Sam Phillips for 蜜芽传媒 Wales
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550
Performer: Gisella Curtolo. Performer: Lucio Labella Danzi. Performer: Davide Cabassi. Performer: Luigi Lupo. Music Arranger: Muzio Clementi.- CONCERTO CD2063.
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Muzio Clementi
Sonata in G minor, Op 7, No 3
Performer: Peter Katin.- DIVINE ART 24113.
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Muzio Clementi
Toccata in B flat major Op 11, No 2
Performer: Howard Shelley.- HYPERION CDA67717.
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Muzio Clementi
Sonata in B flat major Op 24, No 2
Performer: Piotr Kepinski.- CD ACCORD ACD1992.
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Muzio Clementi
Variations on Mozart's Don Giovanni, Act I: Scene 16, WoO 10
Performer: Maria Tipo.- EMI CDC7547662.
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Muzio Clementi
Sonata in E flat major, Op 8, No 2 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Howard Shelley.- HYPERION CDA67632.
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- Tue 15 Oct 2019 12:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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