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CLEMENTI, M.: Gradus ad Parnassum, Vol. 2 (Marangoni) - Nos. 25-41

Composer(s):Clementi, Muzio
Artist(s) Marangoni, Alessandro, piano
Period(s) Classical (1750-1830)
Genre Classical Music
Category Instrumental
Catalogue 8.572326
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
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USD 6.99
 

 


Composer, performer, teacher, music publisher and piano manufacturer, the Italian-English piano virtuoso Muzio Clementi stood at the vanguard of musical development in Europe. His piano sonatas influenced Beethoven with their treatment of complex harmony, structure, and texture. Clementi’s Gradus ad Parnassum, a collection of 100 stylistically diverse pieces, stands as a monument to Clementi’s technical and expressive mastery of the instrument. Award-winning pianist Alessandro Marangoni has been acclaimed as playing “naturally and beautifully” (ClassicsToday.com / Gradus ad Parnassum Vol. 1 / Naxos 8.572325).


   




Review By Dino Gatti,La Cittadella,May 2012


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Review By Jordi Caturla González ,Ritmo,January 2012

Alessandro Marangoni continúa en Naxos la grabación del Gradus ad Parnassum de Clementi, una de las más famosas colecciones de estudios para piano con carácter pedagógico. Este segundo volumen contiene los ejercicios que van desde el número 25 al 41, siendo un total de 100 las piezas que el pianista debe ir recorriendo, pasando por diferentes estilos y grados de dificultad. Estos estudios presentan en su mayoría un razonable interés musical—reflejo de la maestría de Clementi al piano—que hacen perfectamente posible—y hasta recomendable—su escucha.

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Review By Dace Gisclard,Amazon.com,September 2011

Alessandro Marangoni…is convinced that Clementi was concerned that Gradus should develop musicality, not just pianistic technique. He is determined to present these “studies” as music—as the composer’s testament of a lifetime of composing and assimilating influences from the best of both the contemporary and the antique—he and the composer succeed brilliantly.

We are lucky to have Signor Marangoni as our guide on Clementi’s Parnassus.Marangoni consistently finds the latent poetry and early romantic fire in these pieces (listen to No.36). Again, I eagerly look forward to the rest of the series. Recommended enthusiastically to listeners of an 18th-century “classical” or early romantic bent.








 

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