Sonata in E flat major, Op.13

Adagio


  • Recorded: 1st November 2015
  • Record Place: The Chateau Příchovice u Přeštic
  • First Release: 2017
  • (P) 2017 SUPRAPHON a.s.
  • Genre: Chamber Music

Artists

  • music by: Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek
  • fortepiano: Petra Matějová

Album

Petra Matějová

Tomášek: Fortepiano Sonatas

Catalogue Number: SU 4223-2
Published: 21st April 2017
Genre: Chamber Music
Format: 1 CD
Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) - Sonatas in E flat major, op. 13, C major, op. 14, A major, op. 26

Petra Matějová - fortepiano

With Václav Jan Tomášek we find ourselves at the furthermost border marking the realm of the Music from 18th Century Prague cycle. Without his music, however, the edition would not have been complete. Shortly after his arrival in Prague, Tomášek became renowned for his piano playing skills, later winning the moniker of the "Music Pope". Not only was he an outstanding pianist and fruitful composer, but he also became a sought-after music teacher. His students included composer Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek, famous critic Eduard Hanslick as well as a number of virtuoso pianists. Tomášek's music oscillates between late classicist and early romantic style with songs and piano compositions making the bulk of his oeuvre. Sadly, only a little fragment of these are accessible on recordings. The present recording brings three out of his seven fortepiano sonatas (composed between 1799 and 1806); they are performed on a copy of a period instrument. Tomášek's sonatas are marked by a profuseness of musical ideas and often also unusual modulation plans. Since her fortepiano studies in Paris, Petra Matějová has performed extensively, made a number of recordings and led master classes in several European countries. Her ambition in making this recording was to convince listeners and pianists alike that the time has come to bring Tomášek's work to new life and give it back its well-deserved place on concert stages.

Tomášek's piano sonatas: treasure lost and re-discovered

Reviews

“Avec une musicalité qui souligne parfaitement la richesse d’invention de l’écriture et beaucoup de caractère dans le maniement de l’instrument (Robert Brown d’après Jacob Bertsche, ca. 1815), l’interprète ajoute la maîtrise rhétorique à l’assurance technique.”
Diapason, July 2017

“Die Erwartungen an den Interpreten werden von Petra Matějová womöglich noch übertroffen. Die Tschechin liebt es kraftvoll und impulsiv, stellt, wie im zirzensischen Kopfsatz der Sonate op. 14, auch gern ihre Virtuosität zur Schau, ist ganz in ihrem Element, wenn sich rauschendes Passagenwerk an Akkordklippen bricht … Ihr Spiel wirkt immer inspiriert, voller Esprit, zeigt Mut zum Risiko.”
Concerto, December 2017

Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek
Sonata in E flat major, Op.13
1. Adagio - Allegro vivace 10:05
2. Menuetto. Allegro - Trio 02:41
3. Adagio 06:14
4. Rondo. Presto 05:17
Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek
Sonata in C major, Op.14
5. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro con brio 07:57
6. Menuetto - Trio 03:24
7. Adagio con moto 05:30
8. Rondo. Allegro moderato 06:07
Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek
Sonata in A major, Op.26/48
9. Adagio ma non tanto - Allegro moderato 09:34
10. Scherzo. Allegro assai - Trio 03:10
11. Andante con moto 03:53
12. Rondo. Allegretto grazioso 07:15