Eberl: Piano Sonatas & Variations

Nagoya, Sayuri

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Anton Eberl was born in Vienna June 13, 1765 and was one of the most renowned piano virtuosos and composers of his time, standing comparison with Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Eberl was even "one of Beethoven’s most dangerous rivals” (as Anton Schindler wrote) and in April 1805 Eberl’s Symphony Op.33 was played at the concert in which Beethoven’s “Eroica” was heard for the first time and public and critics preferred Eberl’s one. Anton Eberl came to prominence as a child prodigy giving his first piano recital already when he was scarcely seven or eight years old. He died of the scarlet fever in 1804.

Eberl’s Piano Sonatas differ strongly from Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven and show a more romantic idiom. His compositions have some common stylistic elements coming from the Mannheim School (strong dynamic contrasts, unisono openings, fermatas), the note-repetitions of the melody (related to the parlando of opera buffa) and his trade-mark crossing of hands.

This new recording presents early and later works by Eberl: the piano sonata op. 1, the two Grand Sonatas Op. 27 and 43, the sonatina Op. 5 and a set of Variations on Mozart’s Zauberflöte.

Sayuri Nagoya is a keyboard player who focuses on the connection between the harpsichord and pianoforte. She has received 1st prize in the 3rd Rosenstock International piano competition (modern piano) and the 2nd Rome Fortepiano International Competition.

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11.01.2022

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