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Offline sarahlein

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Clementi Sonatas
on: July 04, 2005, 10:31:59 AM
I've already searched through the Forum but haven't quite found the info I was looking for, so I wonder if anyone can help.
It's about the Clementi sonatas ( not the Sonatinas).
Can anyone provide a list of them and approximate levels of difficulty?
Any Mp3 recording links would be a bonus!
Thank you  :)

Offline thalbergmad

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Re: Clementi Sonatas
Reply #1 on: July 04, 2005, 07:13:12 PM
There is a list on www.pianopedia.com. I don't know if it is accurate.

A lot if not all of the Sonatas have been recorded on the Naxos label and are therefore rather cheap.

As for the difficulty, I have only ever played the F Sharp Minor Op 25 No 5. The presto thirds in the last movement would easily denote grade 8 level in England.
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Offline sarahlein

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Re: Clementi Sonatas
Reply #2 on: July 05, 2005, 12:16:29 PM
oh, come on!
There must be someone out there that  teaches Clementi sonatas, surely!
Please?
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Offline arensky

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Re: Clementi Sonatas
Reply #3 on: December 18, 2005, 07:10:42 PM
I have suggested them to my students, but only recently did one bite. Actually he discovered them on his own, and brought the f# minor, which we are learning in it's entirety.
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Offline burstroman

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Re: Clementi Sonatas
Reply #4 on: December 23, 2005, 12:12:01 AM
I teach them and recently played one at a recital.  Once as an encore I played one of his etudes.  Check out the toccata too.

Offline sarahlein

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Re: Clementi Sonatas
Reply #5 on: December 23, 2005, 12:03:25 PM
I teach them and recently played one at a recital. Once as an encore I played one of his etudes. Check out the toccata too.

Great!! :D
Can you tell me more about them please?
(Read my initial post)
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