JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel Edition Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano), Madoka Inui (piano), Luigi Bianchi (violin), Aldo Orvieto (piano), Luigi Bianchi (viola), Claudio Maccari (gui [ Brilliant Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was a pupil of Mozart, a protégé of Haydn, a friendly rival of Beethoven, and renowned throughout Europe as one of the greatest pianists of his day, a sought-after teacher who instructed some of the most... |
CLEMENTI
Pianoforte Sonatas Vol 2: The Earliest Sonatas Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] This is a sequel to the 3-CD album with the Viennese sonatas by Clementi released last year. Fortepianist Costantino Mastroprimiano now continues with the composer's earliest sonatas. They range from really early ones - Clementi may have been only 11... |
NORBERT BURGMULLE
Lieder & Piano Sonata Eleonora Contucci (soprano), Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] Norbert Burgmüller's early death in 1836 at the age of 26 was greatly lamented by his famous contemporaries Mendelssohn and Schumann, the latter comparing the tragedy of his death with that of Schubert. He was considered a major talent, and he left a... |
CLEMENTI
Complete Sonatas Vol. 1 Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] They are hardly ever performed, let alone recorded. Even these days Italian composer Muzio Clementi is known to almost any amateur pianist because of his relatively simple piano sonatas (some 60) and sonatines. But although easy on the pianist and... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Complete Piano Sonatas Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2018 ] The first complete recording of the Hummel piano sonatas on fortepiano! The name of Hummel usually is related to two other musical giants of his period: Mozart and Beethoven. Hummel was a pupil of the former and a rival of the later, both being... |
CLEMENTI
Pianoforte Sonatas Vol 3: The London Sonatas Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 30/Jan/2010 ] Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) is one of the most colourful and influential musical figures of the past 200 years. Born in Rome, he grew up in Dorset, with the family of Peter Beckford, who in effect bought the boy from his father. The agreement was to... |
CLEMENTI
Pianoforte Sonatas Vol 4: The London Sonatas II Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "In Volume 4 Mastroprimiano uses a Kirckman fortepiano of 1798. This instrument is capable of much tonal variety and expression as exemplified in the second movement, Adagio, of Sonata Op. 23 No.2, which is beautifully played with appropriate... |
CLEMENTI
Pianoforte Sonatas Vol 5: The London Sonatas III Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas & Variations Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano), Marco Testori (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Beethoven wrote sympathetically for the cello throughout his career, from the ardent, lyrical voice of the Op.1 piano trios onwards, and he rarely subjugated the instrument to its basso continuo role still prevalent in the works of Mozart and Haydn.... |