Ilia Kim - Clementi: Piano Sonatas & Preludes '2022

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 25: I. Piuttosto allegro con espressione
02. Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 25: II. Lento e patetico
03. Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 25: III. Presto
04. Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 25: I. Presto
05. Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 25: II. Un poco andante
06. Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 25: III. Rondò. Allegro assai
07. Musical Characteristics, Op. 19: II. Preludio II alla Haydn
08. Musical Characteristics, Op. 19: VI. Preludio II alla Mozart
09. Musical Characteristics, Op. 19: XI. Preludio I alla Clementi
10. Musical Characteristics, Op. 19: XII. Preludio II alla Clementi
11. Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 37: I. Allegro
12. Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 37: II. Adagio. In the Solemn Style
13. Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 37: III. Allegro con spirito

Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), also known as "The Father of the Pianoforte" played
an essential role in the development of both piano repertoire and the instrument
itself. As a composer and virtuoso pianist, his sonatas spanned the transition
from Scarlatti’s keyboard style to the beginnings of the Romantic period;
as a publisher and manufacturer, he was responsible for a number of developments
to piano performance and construction. His music is full of wit, elegance,
budding romantic emotions, brilliance and a spectacular display of virtuosity.
As a teacher and pianist himself Clementi developed the piano technique in a
revolutionary way, paving the way for later keyboard giants Mendelssohn, Chopin
and Liszt.

Ilia Kim’s second volume of Clementi for Piano Classics juxtaposes a
quartet of musical "trifles" with a trio of adventurous mid-period sonatas. In
this volume, Clementi comes across in all his remarkable individuality. She
opens with the F-sharp minor Sonata Op. 25 No. 5: a work stirred by strong
passions, far from the polite, elegant and superficial manner with which
Clementi is sometimes associated, reaching a powerful climax in its Lento e
patetico slow movement. By contrast, the D major Sonata Op. 25 No. 6 is a work
of Haydnesque high spirits and uncomplicated good humour, in which the chromatic
harmony lending such pathos to Op. 25 No. 5 takes on an air of mischief.

The Sonata Op. 37 No. 2 was published in 1798, and belongs to the period of his
maturity. The first movement is symphonic in scale and reminiscent of Haydn. The
second is clearly inspired by Handel, while the lively finale is a like a
dazzling finale to a comic opera. The sonata embodies and reconciles different
styles, even within the first movement, where the first theme in the symphonic
style alternates with the counterpoint of the second theme and the brilliant
piano style of the connections and developments.

Korean pianist Ilia Kim was educated in Berlin, the Salzburg Mozarteum,
Hochschule Hannover and the Imola Piano school in Italy, where she settled in
1998. She is an active concert pianist, having played at important festivals
like Schleswig-Holstein, Dubrovnik and the Tiroler Festspiele. Her previous
Clementi recording for Piano Classics met with great critical acclaim:
“Crisp and vibrant accounts” (The Sunday Times).

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