Clementi sonatas

[iumonito]

I just bought myself a book with selected sonatas,  Do you have anything to say about this repertoire?  Which one is "Forsaken Dido"?  Do you have a favorite?

[thalbergmad]

In a long overdue departure from the Romantics, i recently learned the Sonata in F# Minor Op25 No5 (the one Horowitz played).

As good as any of the Mozart Sonatas in my opinion.

Will definately try a couple of others.

[arensky]

F# minor is a great Sonata , someday I will get to the b minor Sonata, op.40 #?, my favorite Clementi piece.

Horowitz played quite a few Clementi Sonatas, from the 1940's on; but Clementi never caught on like all of Horowitz' other "discoveries". Funny, when this guy played Scriabin and Scarlatti everyone else did too, but when he played Clementi, no response from pianists ....makes you wonder, most composers would give a lot to have an advocate like Horowitz! Is it that Clementi is not a good composer? He certainly isn't the worst composer...

What think y'all? Inquiring mind wants to know...

[burstroman]

Clementi Sonatas would be a welcome change of pace for the classical repertoire, as would Weber's Sonatas for the romantic repertoire.   

[thalbergmad]

That is an excellent idea.

Play Scarlatti instead of Bach
       Clementi instead of Mozart
       Hummel instead of Beethoven
       Weber instead of Chopin
        Thalberg instead of Liszt
       Bortkiewicz instead of Rachmaninov

[dinosaurtales]

Don't forget about John Baptist Cramer, who is mostly known for his studies, but also wrote some nice sonatas - he's not quite up to Beethoven, IMO, but similar period to substitute.  He also was part of the London Piano School with Clementi!