Clementi
Early piano sonatas

Piano sonata in A-flat major WO13

Clementi’s earliest surviving composition is the three movement solo Sonata in A flat major, WO13 (‘WO’means ‘without opus’), composed in 1765 when the
thirteen-year-old was still in Rome. This piece and the sonatas of Op 1 (1771), while at points betraying their composer’s youth, show that he was fully conversant with the European keyboard practices of the time, while
also revealing some real strokes of originality. For the most part this music consists of a spare melody-plus accompaniment texture typical of what even then was called galant style. But a movement such as the appealing final Menuetto of Op 1 No 5, for all its simplicity, shows rather advanced rhythmic sophistication for a composer in his teens.

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image details:This sonata comprises of 3 movement, namely Allegro ma non troppo, Larghetto and Allegro assai, whereas the 3rd and 4th pages of movements 1 and 3 and the entire 2nd movement had been omitted in this sample.

credits to Alex from PP for contributing the score.

Anyone who has keen interest in this sonata can have a look at Ut Orpheus website.

Track information: 1st and 3rd movements of this sonata played by Spada.(Shelley played a bit too fast in the 1st movement)

Allegro ma non troppo

Allegro assai