Daniel-Ben Pienaar: Haydn – 48 Piano Sonatas (24/96 FLAC)

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar
Number of Discs: 8
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avie
Catalogue: AV2578
Release: 2023
Size: 9 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Sonata (Divertimento) in D Major, Hob. XVI:4, L. 9
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Menuet – Trio

Sonata (Partita) in G Major, Hob. XVI:6, L. 13
03. I. Allegro
04. II. Menuet – Trio
05. III. Adagio
06. IV. Finale Allegro molto

Sonata (Divertimento) in C Major, Hob. XVI:3, L. 14
07. I. Allegretto
08. II. Andante
09. III. Menuet – Trio

Sonata (Partita) in D Major, Hob. XVI:14, L. 16
10. I. Allegro moderato
11. II. Menuet – Trio
12. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:47bis, L. 19
13. I. Adagio
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Finale Tempo di menuet

Sonata in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:18, L. 20
16. I. Allegro moderato
17. II. Moderato

Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:45, L. 29
18. I. Moderato
19. II. Andante
20. III. Finale Allegro di molto

CD 02
Sonata (Divertimento) in D Major, Hob. XVI:19, L. 30
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Andante
03. III. Finale Allegro assai

Sonata (Divertimento) in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46, L. 31
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44, L. 32
07. I. Moderato
08. II. Allegretto

Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:21, L. 36
09. I. Allegro moderato
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:22, L. 37
12. I. Allegro moderato
13. II. Andante
14. III. Finale Tempo di menuetto

CD 03
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23, L. 38
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:24, L. 39
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:25, L. 40
07. I. Moderato
08. II. Tempo di menuet

Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:26, L. 41
09. I. Allegro moderato
10. II. Menuet al rovescio – Trio (al rovescio)
11. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:27, L. 42
12. I. Allegro con brio
13. II. Menuet
14. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:28, L. 43
15. I. Allegro moderato
16. II. Minuet
17. III. Finale Presto

CD 04
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:29, L. 44
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Tempo di menuet

Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:30, L. 45
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Tempo di menuet

Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31, L. 46
07. I. Moderato
08. II. Allegretto (attacca)
09. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32, L. 47
10. I. Allegro moderato
11. II. Menuet
12. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:35, L. 48
13. I. Allegro con brio
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Finale Allegro

Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Hob. XVI:36, L. 49
16. I. Moderato
17. II. Scherzando Allegro con brio
18. III. Menuet Moderato

CD 05
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37, L. 50
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Largo e sostenuto (attacca)
03. III. Finale Presto ma non troppo

Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:38, L. 51
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Finale Allegro

Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:39, L. 52
07. I. Allegro con brio
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20, L. 33
10. I. Moderato
11. II. Andante con moto
12. III. Finale Allegro

Sonata in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:43, L. 35
13. I. Moderato
14. II. Menuetto – Trio
15. III. Rondo Presto

CD 06
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:33, L. 34
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Tempo di menuet

Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34, L. 53
04. I. Presto
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Vivace molto

Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:40, L. 54
07. I. Allegretto innocente
08. II. Presto

Sonata in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:41, L. 55
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Allegro di molto

Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:42, L. 56
11. I. Andante con espressione
12. II. Vivace assai

Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48, L. 58
13. I. Andante con espressione
14. II. Rondo Presto

CD 07
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:49, L. 59
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio e cantabile
03. II. Finale Tempo di minuet

Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, L. 62
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50, L. 60
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Allegro molto

Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:51, L. 61
10. I. Andante
11. II. Finale Presto

CD 08
Sonata (Divertimento) in C Major, Hob. XVI:7, L. 2
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Menuet – Trio
03. III. Finale Allegro

Sonata (Divertimento) in G Major, Hob. XVI:8, L. 1
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Menuet
06. III. Andante
07. IV. Allegro

Sonata (Divertimento) in F Major, Hob. XVI:9, L. 3
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Menuet – Trio
10. III. Scherzo Allegro

Sonata (Divertimento) in C Major, Hob. XVI:10, L. 6
11. I. Moderato
12. II. Menuet – Trio
13. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:G1, L. 4
14. I. Allegro
15. II. Menuetto – Trio
16. III. Finale Presto

Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVII:D1, L. 7
17. I. Tema with Variations
18. II. Menuet
19. III. Finale Allegro

Sonata (Divertimento) in A Major, Hob. XVI:12, L. 12
20. I. Andante
21. II. Menuet – Trio
22. III. Finale Allegro molto

Sonata (Partita) in E Major, Hob. XVI:13, L. 15
23. I. Moderato
24. II. Menuet – Trio
25. III. Finale Presto

Sonata (Partita) in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:2, L. 11
26. I. Moderato
27. II. Largo
28. III. Menuet – Trio

29. Variations in F Minor Hob. XVII:6

Autumn 2020 offered Daniel-Ben Pienaar an opportunity, not because the world was in lockdown but rather for the benefit it provided. A professor at London’s Royal Academy of Music, Daniel-Ben was allowed overnight access to the RAM’s Angela Burgess Hall. Solitary, with a Steinway and a single pair of suspended omni-directional microphones, surrounded by silence and the darkness of the night, Daniel-Ben recorded this inspired eight-CD set of Haydn’s Piano Sonatas over a four-month period.

Daniel-Ben’s choice of Haydn’s 48 Piano Sonatas is based on his own meticulous research. The cycle comprises authenticated works plus earlier compositions presumed by scholars to be penned by Haydn.

This deluxe box set follows in the footsteps of Daniel-Ben Pienaar’s acclaimed surveys of sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.

Daniel-Ben Pienaar enjoys an international reputation for his unusual musicianship, in particular for his highly individual readings of the German piano classics and for playing an extensive repertoire of pre-Bach works on the piano. He is noted for a sizeable discography including much-praised complete traversals of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Goldberg Variations, as well as the sonata cycles of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. He has made the first complete recordings of the keyboard works of Jacobean composer Orlando Gibbons and of the mature piano music of South African composer Arnold van Wyk, and the first recording on piano of Gaspard Le Roux’s Pi?ces de clavessin (1705). Pienaar is an elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, where he lectures, and a Professor of the University of London.

Critical Acclaim for Daniel-Ben Pienaar
“Pithy playfulness ? pearly opulence and heel-kicking virtuosity ? this Byrd soars!” ? BBC Music Magazine
“Interpretations where within the letter critically observed, a numinous potency breaks free” – Gramophone
“Pienaar responds with an astonishing range of expression and colour” ? The Sunday Times
“A veritable Mo Farah of the keyboard” ? BBC Music Magazine
“One of the most exciting pianists of his generation” – Rondo