The Keyboard Entrepreneur
Donald Macleod finds out about Clementi's entrepreneurial skills, which led him into piano manufacture and a lucrative publishing business.
As well as being a successful composer and virtuoso keyboard player Muzio Clementi was also a very successful piano manufacturer and music publisher. Today, Donald Macleod is at Finchcocks Musical Museum in Goudhurst, Kent, once again, to look at how Clementi was able to exploit these business interests while still maintaining a profile as a musician.
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Muzio Clementi
Rondo in B flat, WO8
Performer: Howard SHELLEY - Piano
- Hyperion.
- CDA67850.
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Muzio Clementi
Sonata in F major Op.33`2 for piano [1794]
Performer: Andreas STAIER - Fortepiano
- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 2564-60676-2.
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Muzio Clementi
Symphony no. 3 in G major WO.34 (Great national), compl. misc.
Conductor: Claudio SCIMONE Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra
- ERATO.
- 4509-92191-2.
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Muzio Clementi
Sonata in G minor Op.50`3 (Didone abbandonata) for piano [1821]
Performer: Richard BURNETT - Fortepiano
- Amon Ra.
- CD SAR-8.
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