About this Release
“Daniel Gottlob Türk’s twelve leichte or easy sonatas are excellent steppingstones for young keyboardists preparing to play the works of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. By their careful markings and flawless construction, these works introduce the rhetorical and expressive laws governing the musical style of the era. Türk’s leichte sonatas are both aesthetically accomplished and important to our understanding of the Classical period’s pedagogical practices. Furthermore, the sonatas’ correlation to central stylistic and aesthetic concepts discussed in the composer’s own influential pedagogical treatise Klavierschule (1789), make their reincorporation into the standard repertoire desirable and perhaps even crucial.” — Michael Tsalka
TÜRK, DANIEL GOTTLOB (1750–1813)
Easy Keyboard Sonatas
Collections I and II
- Michael Tsalka, piano
Daniel Gottlob Türk is best known for his influential teaching manual Klavierschule (1789), a work which influenced a generation of aspiring keyboard players. In order to advance the technical and musical skills of students, in 1783 Türk published two collections of light or easy keyboard sonatas (Leichte Klaviersonaten). Listeners, performers, teachers, and musicologists will discover untapped riches in these expressive and historically important works, played on this recording on four contrasting historical keyboards.
This recording was made on period instruments:
CD1, Sonata No. 2: CD2, Sinfonia No. 2, Sonata No. 3 and Sinfonia No. 6: Johan Andreas Stein Grand Piano (1784);
CD1, Sonata No. 4; CD2, Sonata No. 5: Stein Upright Grand Piano (1820)
CD1, Sonatas Nos. 3 and 5; CD2, Sonata No. 4: Sodi Grand Piano (1785);
CD1, Sonatas Nos. 1 and 6; CD2, Sonata No. 2: Shudi and Broadwood Harpsichord (1781)
Tracklist
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 1: Sonata No. 1 in D Minor (1783) (00:08:00 )
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1
I. Moderato assai e grazioso * (00:03:01)
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2
II. Adagio arioso * (00:02:00)
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3
III. Allegro un poco presto * (00:02:47)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 1: Sonata No. 2 in A Minor (1783) (00:10:00 )
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I. Allegro, ma non tanto * (00:04:56)
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5
II. Poco adagio e sostenuto * (00:03:14)
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6
III. Presto assai * (00:01:59)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 1: Sonata No. 3 in G Major (1783) (00:07:00 )
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I. Allegretto con tenerezza * (00:02:59)
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II. Largo molto e mesto * (00:02:14)
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III. Poco Presto e con allegrezza * (00:01:47)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 1: Sonata No. 4 in C Major (1783) (00:10:00 )
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I. Allegro con spirito (00:03:23)
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II. Andante innocentemente (00:01:57)
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III. Rondo allegretto (00:02:39)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 1: Sonata No. 5 in E Minor (1783) (00:10:00 )
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I. Moderato e con afflizione * (00:03:44)
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II. Larghetto cantabile e con espressione * (00:02:07)
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III. Allegro di molto e con fuoco * (00:03:54)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 1: Sonata No. 6 in D Major (1783) (00:07:00 )
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I. Allegretto. Siciliano e lusingando (00:03:22)
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II. Adagio cantabile (00:02:12)
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III. Balletto: Allegro (00:01:58)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 2: Sonata No. 1 in C Major (1783) (00:10:00 )
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I. Allegretto con grazia * (00:04:26)
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2
II. Adagio cantabile * (00:02:31)
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3
III. Allegro vivo * (00:02:59)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 2: Sonata No. 2 in D Major (1783) (00:08:00 )
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I. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio * (00:03:38)
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5
II. Andante, più tosto allegretto * (00:02:14)
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6
III. Poco vivace * (00:02:04)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 2: Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major (1783) (00:10:00 )
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I. Moderato e grazioso * (00:04:34)
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8
II. Grave e sostenuto * (00:02:01)
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III. Allegro * (00:03:38)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 2: Sonata No. 4 in G Major (1783) (00:09:00 )
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I. Allegro * (00:03:58)
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II. Andantino lusingando * (00:02:36)
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III. Tempo di minuetto * (00:02:07)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 2: Sonata No. 5 in D Minor (1783) (00:10:00 )
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I. Allegro non tanto, ma staccato e con spirito * (00:04:59)
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II. Larghetto tranquillamente * (00:01:35)
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III. Allegro di molto, con zelo e minaccioso * (00:03:05)
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12 Easy Keyboard Sonatas (1783), Collection 2: Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat Major (1783) (00:09:00 )
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I. Allegro con spirito * (00:04:28)
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II. Andante * (00:02:24)
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III. Allegro * (00:02:39)
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The Artist(s)
Pianist and Early Keyboard performer Michael Tsalka has won numerous prizes in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. A versatile musician, he performs repertoire from the early Baroque to the present day with equal virtuosity. The Composer(s)
Today, Türk remains best known for his extensive and extremely detailed musical treatise, Klavierschule (1789), one of the most important sources for keyboard performance practice of the late 18th century. He is also well-known among piano teachers as the composer of a collection of useful keyboard miniatures, the Kleine Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, which systematically prepare beginning students for the many challenges of more advanced repertoire. Reviews
“Tsalka’s sensitive shaping and intense commitment to this music give a very satisfying result” – Harpsichord and Fortepiano
“Enthusiasts and students of classical music should take note of Tsalka’s project; a rival recording is not likely soon.” – American Record Guide
“Essential listening for all lovers of good music in authentic performance.” – MusicWeb International
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