Composer: Joseph Woelfl
Performer: Adalberto Maria Riva
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0383
Release: 2016
Size: 548 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 6 No. 1
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio ma non troppo
03. III. Presto
Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 6 No. 2
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 6 No. 3
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Largo
09. III. Finale. Presto
Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 58
10. I. Adagio – II. Allegro
11. III. Andante con variazioni – IV. Presto
Joseph Woelfl (1773–1812), a friend of the Mozart family from childhood, was one of the best-known musicians of his day: he was regarded as a rival of Beethoven in Vienna and a worthy successor to Haydn in the musical life of London. His late-Classical piano music sits between Mozart, Haydn and Clementi and looks forward to Schubert and Mendelssohn. This first-ever project to examine it in any detail hopes to rescue Woelfl’s once starry reputation from the folds of history. The three sonatas which open this second volume are dedicated ‘à Mr L. Van Beethoven’.