Sun-A-Park - Muzio Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas - Op. 2 Nos. 2 and 6, Op. 7 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 9 No. 2, Op. 12 No. 1

Though Mozart was typically grudging, Beethoven had a high regard for Muzio Clementi�s compositions. A leading soloist, Clementi was pivotal to the piano�s development as a virtuoso instrument, but he was also a publisher and innovator. His sonatas combine clarity of form with moments of bravura brilliance, laced with scintillating hand-crossings and his trademark chains of thirds, on which Mozart commented. Infectiously exciting in prestissimo sections, his sonatas offer a compendium of how to exploit new advances in the development of the piano.