Cramer: 10 Piano Sonatas

The most comprehensive set on record of the sonatas by a pivotal figure in the English Classical piano school, including several first recordings. Johann Baptiste Cramer (1771-1858) was identified by the influential pedagogue Edward Dannreuther as ‘one of the fathers of the church of pianoforte playing’. Born in Germany, he moved as a child to London with his family – his father Wilhelm was a violinist and conductor – and took lessons with a notable émigré of a previous generation, Muzio Clementi. Composer: Johann Baptist Cramer Artists: Simone El Oufir Pierini (fortepiano) 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Cra... 💎 More Information: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/art... 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: https://www.brilliantclassicslicensin... Cramer came to follow in his teacher’s footsteps, as both a pianist and a publisher. At one stage, his books of studies were scarcely less popular than the examples of Carl Czerny. He spent a good deal of time on the Continent, including in Vienna, where he won the friendship and admiration of Beethoven. In turn, Cramer became the English publisher of the composer’s Fifth Piano Concerto, and was probably responsible for its lasting nickname as the ‘Emperor’. Cramer’s own music is scantily represented on record by a few albums of studies, a concerto here and a sonata there. But as Simone Pierini demonstrates, Cramer’s sonatas exhibit impressive variety, chronicling both his development as a composer and the technical evolution of the piano in the late-Classical and early-Romantic eras. He composed as many as 200 sonatas between 1790 and 1830, and Pierini presents a representative selection. They belong to the world of Clementi and Dussek but also Beethoven and Chopin in their elegant minuets, their minor-mode expressions of pathos and their virtuosic flourishes written to show off the skill but also the musicianship of any executant. Tracklist: Johann Baptist Cramer: Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 50 M.2.091: 00:00:00 I. Allegro con spirito 00:07:17 II. Rondo. Allegro moderato con espressione Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 25 No. 1: 00:12:49 I. Moderato con espressione 00:21:01 II. Choral. Grave e sostenuto 00:24:13 III. Rondo. Moderato assai Sonata in D Major, Op. 25 No. 2: 00:30:32 I. Allegro spiritoso 00:37:04 II. Andantino con moto 00:41:25 III. Rondo quasi presto Sonata in D Major, Op. 25 No. 3: 00:45:22 I. Moderato con espressione 00:52:43 II. Allegretto non troppo 00:55:19 III. Rondo an carillon Sonata in D Major, Op. 20: 00:59:39 I. Largo asssai (attacca) 01:01:16 II. Allegro quasi presto 01:04:16 III. Aria con variazioni. (Thema. Moderato) 01:06:32 IV. Variation 1 01:08:10 V. Variation 2 01:09:18 VI. Variation 3 01:11:55 VII. Variation 4 01:13:27 VIII. Variation 5 01:15:10 IX. Variation 6 01:16:28 X. Variation 7 Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 23 No. 1: 01:20:41 I. Allegro non molto 01:30:09 II. Adagio (attacca) 01:33:40 III. Rondo. Allegretto Sonata in C Major, Op. 23 No. 2: 01:38:37 I. Largo assai 01:40:30 II. Allegro agitato 01:46:09 III. Allegretto Sonata in A Minor, Op. 23 No. 3: 01:52:25 I. Allegro moderato 01:55:30 II. Adagio con espressione 02:00:23 III. Allegro quasi presto Sonata in A Minor, Op. 53 “L’Ultima”: 02:03:25 I. Grave (attacca) 02:06:05 II. Moderato. Energico ed espressivo assai 02:18:14 III. Andantino quasi allegretto 02:22:59 III. Rondo. Più tosto moderato Sonata in C Major, Op. 57 “Les suivantes”: 02:29:31 I. Allegro brillante 02:40:49 II. Andantino 02:44:39 III. Rondo alla polacca. Allegro non tanto 👉 Social media links: Instagram: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Ins... Facebook: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Fac... TikTok: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Tik... Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Spo... New Classical Releases: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/New... The Best of Liszt: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Pla... The Best of Bach: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Bes... Most Popular Piano Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Mos... Beautiful Classical Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Bea... Classical Music For Dinnertime: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Cla... Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Cramer and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/You... #Piano #Classical #ClassicalMusic #BrilliantClassics #Cramer