Daniel Gottlob Türk was a North German composer, performer, theorist and pedagogue whose Klavierschule remains a vital source for late 18th-century keyboard practice. Türk saw the keyboard sonata as the perfect medium for expressing the boldest and most experimental of ideas, and the Klaviersonaten Grössentheils für Kenner was his only collection dedicated to professional players. Symphonic novelties, exquisite polyphony and extreme contrasts of character and register are vividly brought to life on four historical keyboards from the Department of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
This recording was made on period instruments:
Sonata No. 1: Fortepiano by Conrad Graf (Vienna, Austria, ca. 1838);
Sonata No. 2: Clavichord by Christian Kintzing (Neuwied, Germany, 1763);
Sonatas Nos. 3 & 4: Grand Piano by Ferdinand Hofmann (Vienna, Austria, ca. 1790);
Sonata No. 5 and Sinfonia No. 6: Grand Piano, attr. to Johann Schmidt (Salzburg, Austria, ca. 1790–95)
Türk, Daniel Gottlob
6 Keyboard Sonatas for Connoisseurs: Sonata No. 1 in A Minor
1 I. Allegro assai e con spirito 03:33
2 II. Poco adagio, patetico e sostenuto 03:12
3 III. Allegro di molto e con fuoco 03:42
6 Keyboard Sonatas for Connoisseurs: Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major
4 I. Poco allegro e grazioso 02:42
5 II. Adagio cantabile e sempre piano 01:40
6 III. Allegro poco vivo 01:20
6 Keyboard Sonatas for Connoisseurs: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor
7 I. Allegro con espressione 06:09
8 II. Adagio cantabile e sempre piano 02:16
9 III. Allegro poco vivo 03:39
6 Keyboard Sonatas for Connoisseurs: Sonata No. 4 in G Major
10 I. [Allegro] 04:39
11 II. Grave e pomposo 02:25
12 III. Allegro assai 04:01
6 Keyboard Sonatas for Connoisseurs: Sonata No. 5 in B-Flat Major
13 I. Moderato assai e grazioso 05:42
14 II. Largo 01:57
15 III. Allegro scherzando 03:03
6 Keyboard Sonatas for Connoisseurs: Sinfonia No. 6 in C Major
16 I. Presto 04:41
17 II. Andante più tosto - Allegretto 02:30
18 III. Finale: Allegro assai 02:24
