Scarlatti and Clementi from John McCabe Coming Fall 2019

John McCabe’s death in 2015 robbed us of both a brilliant and innovative composer and also an outstanding pianist whose particular love of Haydn and also a deep commitment to contemporary composers made him one of Britain’s most venerated musicians.

Following the release in January 2019 of a recording made by McCabe of recent American and Australian music, long thought to be lost (“Mountains”, Metier Records MSV 28585), Divine Art are now working with engineer Paul Arden-Taylor and McCabe’s widow Monica as producer, in the reissue of two fine recordings which McCabe made for Hyperion in 1981. Originally on two LPs, McCabe plays sonatas by Scarlatti and Clementi. Remastering from the analog originals will be to modern hi-definition audio formats and a double CD. It is expected that the release date will be around September or October.

Album Details

Catalog number: Divine Art DDA 21231 (available as Double-CD, HD, lossless, and MP3 digital)
Performer: John McCabe
Original analog LP releases: Hyperion A66025 (Scarlatti); A66057 (Clementi)

Works

• Sonatas  K. 105 in G major;  K. 426 in G minor; K. 517 in D minor; K, 490 in D major; K, 69 in F minor;
• K. 518 in F major;  K. 28 in E major; K. 215 in E major; K. 133 in C major; K. 259 in G major; K. 43 in G minor; K. 460 in C major

• Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 50 No. 3 (“Didone Abbandonata”)
• Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 40 No. 3
• Piano Sonata in F major, Op. 33 No. 2
• Monferrines, Op. 49: No. 3 in E major,  no. 4 in C major & No. 12 in C major