Jermaine Sprosse - Friedrich Wilhelm Rust - Der Clavierpoet: Piano Works (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (6 July 1739 – 28 February 1796) was a German violinist, pianist and composer. His music, especially the compositions for keyboard, can be seen as the missing link between the ‘sentimental style’ of composers like Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and the classical style of composers like Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. German born harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano player Jermaine Sprosse is a specialist in the ‘galant’ repertoire, particularly the music of the Bach sons and their circle. He made himself a reputation with the discovery of the music of Friedrich Wilhelm Rust. Jermaine Sprosse has edited many of Rust’s works and has even reconstructed parts that had been lost. The artist plays on various instruments: on an original fortepiano by Johann Andreas Stein (1792) and on a reproduction of a double-strung clavichord after an instrument built by Christina Gottlob Huber in 1772.

TRACKLIST

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739 - 1796)

1 Sonata in G Minor: I. Allegro brillante 06:08
2 Sonata in G Minor: II. Adagio sostenuto 05:39
3 Sonata in G Minor: III. Allegretto 05:24
4 Sonata in D Major: I. Adagio con espressione (Introduction by Jermaine Sprosse) 02:42
5 Sonata in D Major: II. Allegro 12:54
6 Sonata in D Major: III. Poco grave 06:28

7 XII Variazioni in A sopra la Canzonetta "Blühe liebes Veilchen" 11:03

8 Sonata in C Major: I. Allegro 08:34
9 Sonata in C Major: II. Andante - Adagio sostenuto - Andante 11:07
10 Sonata in C Major: III. Allegro assai 05:54

PERSONNEL
Jermaine Sprosse, fortepiano, clavichord