Credits:

Boulanger / Rudin / Noack

Description:

The ninth recording project of Haydn's complete piano sonatas presented with the crisp sound of the YAMAHA CFX piano! Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, who has gained popularity as one of the world's foremost embodiments of French pianism, has now established a dominant position in the performance and recording of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and other classical works. This recording project, which explores a wide variety of Haydn's styles and expressions and has been well received for the clear and vivid tone of the YAMAHA CFX piano and the warm acoustic sound of the Potton Hall, has been awarded "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone magazine (UK) and "Instrumental Choice" by BBC Music Magazine (UK). The project has been frequently selected as "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone magazine, "Instrumental Choice" by BBC Music Magazine, "International Piano Choice" by International Piano magazine, and so on. The ninth volume in the series is also a fascinating recital of Haydn's early, middle, and late sonatas, selected in a well-balanced manner.From No. 2, which the young Haydn, who started his career as a harpsichord teacher, would have written for his students, to No. 10, a more ambitious extension of the same C major sonata, to No. 41 and No. 44, written in the early 1770s and showing the influence of C.P.E. Bach and Sturm und Drang, to No. 52 and No. 53, composed about 10 years later and requiring even greater technical and musical sophistication. Bavze's poetic pianism will give us a bird's-eye view of Haydn's sonatas, from Nos. 41 and 44, written in the early 1770s and influenced by C.P.E. Bach and Sturm und Drang, to Nos. 52 and 53, composed about 10 years later, which demanded even greater technical and musical sophistication. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Sonata No. 10 (Hob. XVI:1) in C major (Divertimento)~I. Allegro
2.Sonata No. 10 (Hob. XVI:1) in C major (Divertimento)~II. Andante
3.Sonata No. 10 (Hob. XVI:1) in C major (Divertimento)~III. Menuet - Trio - Menuet da capo
4.Sonata No. 44 (Hob. XVI:29) in F major (Divertimento da Clavicembalo)~I. Moderato
5.Sonata No. 44 (Hob. XVI:29) in F major (Divertimento da Clavicembalo)~II. Adagio
6.Sonata No. 44 (Hob. XVI:29) in F major (Divertimento da Clavicembalo)~III. Tempo di Menuet - Minore - Maggiore
7.Sonata No. 41 (Hob. XVI:26) in A major~I. Allegro moderato
8.Sonata No. 41 (Hob. XVI:26) in A major~II. Menuetto al Rovescio - Trio - Menuetto da capo
9.Sonata No. 41 (Hob. XVI:26) in A major~III. Finale. Presto
10.Sonata No. 2 (Hob. XVI:7) in C major (Divertimento)~I. Allegro moderato
11.Sonata No. 2 (Hob. XVI:7) in C major (Divertimento)~II. Menuet - Trio - Menuet da capo
12.Sonata No. 2 (Hob. XVI:7) in C major (Divertimento)~III. Finale. Allegro
13.Sonata No. 52 (Hob. XVI:39) in G major~I. Allegro con brio
14.Sonata No. 52 (Hob. XVI:39) in G major~II. Adagio - Sempre piu largo - Tempo I
15.Sonata No. 52 (Hob. XVI:39) in G major~III. Prestissimo
16.Sonata No. 53 (Hob. XVI:34) in E minor~I. Presto
17.Sonata No. 53 (Hob. XVI:34) in E minor~II. Adagio - Piu adagio - [Tempo I]-
18.Sonata No. 53 (Hob. XVI:34) in E minor~III. Finale. Vivace molto