Piano virtuoso Muzio Clementi once engaged in a contest with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to determine who was the better pianist. According to the crowd, when it came to pianistic talent, it was a tie. When it comes to compositions, though, history judged Mozart the winner. But Clementi runs a very close second. This is the […]
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Muzio Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum, Vol. 4 – Delightful
Pianist Alessandro Marangoni completes his survey of Muzio Clementi’s Gradus ad Parnassum with this release. Composed over several years, this three-volume collection of keyboard exercises has become one of the standard teaching tools for pianists. But these works aren’t just a series of dull and difficult finger exercises. True, within each of the short pieces […]