🇮🇹Muzio Clementi ： Sonata No.2 in F-Dur F.2 Op.5

This is the second of Clementi’s three sonatas for keyboard with violin accompaniment. Centered on fugal writing, it unfolds as the subject is passed from one voice to another. Since the keyboard and violin retain their respective roles while combining their sonorities, it is important to listen for the movement and dialogue among the individual parts. In performance, the subject should be clearly shaped, with careful balance to keep its imitative entries from being obscured. Ornamentation and dynamics should not be overstated; instead, the performer should preserve the sense of meter and carefully portray the flow between tension and release. The clarity of the keyboard touch and its harmony with the violin’s singing tone are also among the work’s attractions.