Maurizio Zaccaria – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 Nos. 1-3 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Maurizio Zaccaria – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 Nos. 1-3 (2019)
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Beethoven’s Opus 2, published in Wien in March 1796, is the first work in which the composer’s strong personality is declared.

Accordingly to Carli Ballola, Piano Sonatas Op. 2 are the manifesto of the style that the composer achieved in the early XVIII century and that will be characterizing of the following years: this is, according to Lenz, the so-called “Early Beethovenian period”.

Important aspects affect the form: the Sonatas are now – differently from Haydn, Clementi and Mozart’s Sonatas – structured in four movements. For the first time, Beethoven starts an expansion and a development of the forma-sonata, concerning to the structure of dynamics and rhythm, and to the dialectic of transitions; it follows that the treatment of the pianistic matter turns out to be more psychological than reminding to a frivolous style.

About Maurizio Zaccaria (AE17032 Gerhswin, G.: Complete Published Piano Works; AE15003 Massenet, J.: Complete Piano Works; OC18011B Beethoven, L. Van: Piano Sonatas Opp. 26, 28, 49, 90) renowned pianist Aldo Ciccolini wrote “he is a pianist endowed with rare technical and musical means.”

The recording has been made using a pair of Brüel & Kjær microphones combined with Prism Sound equipment, and a brand-new Steinway D-274.

Tracklist:
1. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Allegro (03:29)
2. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Adagio (05:17)
3. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (03:19)
4. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: IV. Prestissimo (04:36)
5. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace (06:39)
6. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Largo appassionato (07:36)
7. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro (03:07)
8. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2: IV. Rondo. Grazioso (06:56)
9. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio (09:55)
10. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio (07:19)
11. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Scherzo. Allegro (03:10)
12. Maurizio Zaccaria – Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: IV. Allegro assai (05:07)

Personnel:
Maurizio Zaccaria, piano

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