Franz Ignaz Beck: Sonatas for Keyboard Op. 5 (2 CD Set)

2 CD set available for preorder.
CD’s available on 12 August 2025

Sonatas for Keyboard Op. 5 – Franz Ignaz Beck continues Muskens’ tribute to the Carl Theodor Jubilee Year (1724-2024) with compositions by German composer, violinist, director and keyboardist Franz Ignaz Beck (1734-1809), performed on original instruments. Muskens recorded this album on a Square Pianoforte by Longman & Broderip (John Geib), London 1788 (restored by Paul Kobald in 2018) from his own personal collection. Carl Theodor was a prominent regional monarch in German history, cultivating the Mannheim court orchestra; 2024 marks the 300th anniversary of his birth.

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Instruments featured in this Recording

1. Square piano by Longman & Broderip c. 1788

Track Listing

Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809)
Sonates pour le clavecin ou le forte-piano Op. V (1773)

Disc 1

1. Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major: Andante grazioso

2. Sonata No. 2 in F major: Andante

3. Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major: Allegro

4. Sonata No. 4 in F major: Tempo di minuetto “La Resolue”

5. Sonata No. 5 in A major: Presto

6. Sonata No 6 in F minor: Tempo moderato – Allegro majiore “La Mendiante”

7. Sonata No. 7 in F major: Moderato

8. Minuetto in B-flat major I, II (Minore)

9. Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major: Allegretto

10. Sonata No. 9 in B-flat major: Andante grazioso

Disc 2

1. Allegretto in C major

2. Sonata No. 10 in B flat major: Grazioso

3. Sonata No. 11 in G major: Allegretto

4. Sonata No. 12 in E-flat major: Andante grazioso

5. Sonata No. 13 in G major: Andantino

6. Sonata No. 14 in G major: Minuetto I, II (Minore)

7. Sonata No 15 in G major. Suite “La de Laroze”

8. Sonata No. 16 in F major. Allegro con spirito

9. Sonata No. 17 in G major. Andantino

10. Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major. Allegro maestoso “La Souveraine”