Kemp English - Koželuch: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 7 (2017)

Leopold Koželuch, the great Czech contemporary of Mozart, won enormous prestige in his adopted city of Vienna. His sequence of keyboard sonatas, written over a four-decade span, exemplifies the high-Classic style and comprises some of the greatest such works of their time. This volume focuses on the years 1788–89 by which time Koželuch’s command of form and texture proves as daring as his harmonic palette. There is rhythmic vivacity in the opening movements of Nos. 25 and 28 and the beautiful Siciliana of No. 27 shows the increasing profundity of his slow movements. The same sonata’s finale is a breathtaking rollercoaster of vitality.

TRACKLIST
01. Keyboard Sonata No. 25 in D Major, Op. 26 No. 1, P. XII:26 : Keyboard Sonata No. 25 in D Major, Op. 26 No. 1, P. XII:26: I. Allegro
02. Keyboard Sonata No. 25 in D Major, Op. 26 No. 1, P. XII:26 : Keyboard Sonata No. 25 in D Major, Op. 26 No. 1, P. XII:26: II. Adagio
03. Keyboard Sonata No. 25 in D Major, Op. 26 No. 1, P. XII:26 : Keyboard Sonata No. 25 in D Major, Op. 26 No. 1, P. XII:26: III. Rondeau: Allegro
04. Keyboard Sonata No. 26 in A Minor, Op. 26 No. 2, P. XII:27 : Keyboard Sonata No. 26 in A Minor, Op. 26 No. 2, P. XII:27: I. Allegro
05. Keyboard Sonata No. 26 in A Minor, Op. 26 No. 2, P. XII:27 : Keyboard Sonata No. 26 in A Minor, Op. 26 No. 2, P. XII:27: II. Andante con variazione
06. Keyboard Sonata No. 27 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 No. 3, P. XII:28 : Keyboard Sonata No. 27 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 No. 3, P. XII:28: I. Allegro
07. Keyboard Sonata No. 27 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 No. 3, P. XII:28 : Keyboard Sonata No. 27 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 No. 3, P. XII:28: II. Larghetto alla siliciana
08. Keyboard Sonata No. 27 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 No. 3, P. XII:28 : Keyboard Sonata No. 27 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 No. 3, P. XII:28: III. Rondeau: Allegro con fuoco
09. Keyboard Sonata No. 28 in B-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 1, P. XII:29 : Keyboard Sonata No. 28 in B-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 1, P. XII:29: I. Allegro
10. Keyboard Sonata No. 28 in B-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 1, P. XII:29 : Keyboard Sonata No. 28 in B-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 1, P. XII:29: II. Poco adagio
11. Keyboard Sonata No. 28 in B-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 1, P. XII:29 : Keyboard Sonata No. 28 in B-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 1, P. XII:29: III. Rondeau: Allegretto