Haydn - Piano Sonatas & Variations | Harmonia Mundi HMM902273

Haydn - Piano Sonatas & Variations

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Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMM902273

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 1st February 2019

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About

A few years after a complete recording of Mozart’s solo piano works that has gradually come to be regarded as a benchmark, Kristian Bezuidenhout has taken all the time he needed to tackle Haydn, the other towering figure of the Viennese Classical keyboard repertory: “Preparing for this recording has been a vivid reminder that it is remarkably difficult to play Haydn’s music well, but that with enough care, and attention to detail, his music has the potential to come jumping from the page. It would be hubris to suggest that I am even close to unlocking any of its secrets, but I am so humbled by the sheer beauty, humanity, wit and delightful irony of this music, that the desire to continue is irresistible.”

Reviews

The fortepiano is an instrument with inherent limitations, within which Haydn and his players had to work, and this is living and breathing music. You’re left in no doubt of that by the end of this compelling, tantalising recital. Those allergic to period pianos will cleave to Bavouzet (Chandos) among current Haydn cycles. Others will find Bezuidenhout a mesmerising guide to the composer’s keyboard world.  David Threasher
Gramophone March 2019
Gramophone Editor's Choice

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