Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Release: 2017
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata (Partita) No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:2
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Largo [Molto espressivo]
03. III. Menuetto – Trio – Menuetto da capo
Piano Sonata No. 43 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:28
04. I. Allegro moderato – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
05. II. Menuetto – Trio – Menuetto da capo
06. III. Finale. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 35 in A flat major, Hob.XVI:43
07. I. Moderato – Adagio – Tempo I
08. II. Menuetto I – Menuetto II – Menuetto I da capo
09. III. Rondo. Presto – Adagio – Tempo I
Piano Sonata No. 34 in D major, Hob.XVI:33
10. I. Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
11. II. Adagio
12. III. Tempo di menuetto
Piano Sonata No. 36 in C major, Hob.XVI:21
13. I. Allegro moderato
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Finale. Presto
The highly acclaimed series of Haydn’s complete piano sonatas with multi-award winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has now reached Volume 6.
This set opens with the most imposing of Haydn’s early sonatas, No. 11, and follows it with two lesser-known ones, both from the late 1770s, that were published without the composer’s approval: Nos 34 and 35. Each of Nos 36 and 43, the last two featured here, opens a new group of six sonatas, and a new world in Haydn’s compositional style. Future volumes will continue to explore the huge variety of style and expression found in Haydn’s sonatas. As usual, the pianist conveys his personal views in the booklet notes, praising ‘the generally very short phrases typical of Haydn, the abundant touches of humour, the surprises, the embellishments’, and adding: ‘The five sonatas in this programme are not among the most well known. But what treasures they conceal!… I am delighted to dedicate this disc to Professor Ernő Nemecz with whom I have shared a love for Haydn’s music for thirty-five years.’