{"product_id":"cramer-simone-el-oufir-pierini-10-piano-sonatas-cd","title":"Cramer \/ Simone El Oufir Pierini - 10 Piano Sonatas [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 emigre of a previous generation, Muzio Clementi. 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 it's 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. Anyone with an interest in early-Romantic piano music will find Cramer's sonatas a delightful discovery. No stranger to the Brilliant Classics catalogue, Simone Pierini plays them on three fortepianos of the period, by Conrad Graf, Joseph Hasselman and Matthias Muller. He also contributes a full and illuminating booklet essay on Cramer's life and work. '[Pierini] plays with tremendous energy and conviction... A major addition to the catalogue.' Fanfare (de Montgeroult, 96247) 'His playing offers crisp clarity of texture and ornament... this is an interesting composer well worth adding to the fellowship of clavecinistes.' Gramophone (Le Bret, 96930)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in B flat Op. 50 M.2.091~I. Allegro con spirito\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in B flat Op. 50 M.2.091~II. Rondo. Allegro moderato con espressione\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in E flat Op. 25 No. 1~I. Moderato con espressione\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in E flat Op. 25 No. 1~II. Choral. Grave e sostenuto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in E flat Op. 25 No. 1~III. Rondo. Moderato assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 25 No. 2~I. Allegro spiritoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 25 No. 2~II. Andantino con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 25 No. 2~III. Rondo quasi Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in E flat Op. 25 No. 3~I. Moderato con espressione\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in E flat Op. 25 No. 3~II. Allegretto non troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in E flat Op. 25 No. 3~III. Rondo an Carillon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~I. Largo assai (attacca)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~II. Allegro quasi Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. (Thema. Moderato)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. Variation 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. Variation 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. Variation 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. Variation 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. Variation 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. Variation 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Op. 20~III. Aria con Variazioni. Variation 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A flat Op. 23 No. 1~I. Allegro non molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A flat Op. 23 No. 1~II. Adagio (attacca)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A flat Op. 23 No. 1~III. Rondo. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Op. 23, No. 2~I. Largo assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Op. 23, No. 2~II. Allegro agitato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Op. 23, No. 2~III. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A minor Op. 23 No. 3~I. Allegro moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A minor Op. 23 No. 3~II. Adagio con Espressione\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A minor Op. 23 No. 3~III. Allegro quasi Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A minor Op. 53 \"L'Ultima\"~I. Grave (attacca)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A minor Op. 53 \"L'Ultima\"~II. Moderato. Energico ed espressivo assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A minor Op. 53 \"L'Ultima\"~III. Andantino quasi Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A minor Op. 53 \"L'Ultima\"~III. Rondo. Più tosto moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Op. 57 \"Les Suivantes\"~I. Allegro brillante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Op. 57 \"Les Suivantes\"~II. Andantino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Op. 57 \"Les Suivantes\"~III. 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