Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN10586
Release: 2010
Size: 217 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Sonata No. 39 in D Major, Hob. XVI: 24
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale. Presto
Sonata No. 47 in B Minor, Hob. XVI: 32
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Menuet
06. III. Finale. Presto
Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI: 46
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Adagio (Cadenza by J.E. Bavouzet)
09. III. Finale. Presto
Sonata No. 49 in C-Sharp Minor, Hob. XVI: 36
10. I. Moderato
11. II. Scherzando. Allegro con brio
12. III. Menuetto. Moderato
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s complete Debussy cycle has proven to be a real winner with the critics and the record buying public. He now embarks on the Haydn Piano Sonatas, and confirms that he should in no way be pigeon-holed in French repertoire.
Few leading pianists have recorded these virtuosic Classical sonatas but Maestro Bavouzet felt he had something new to contribute. He plays a Yamaha grand, imported from France which he felt best suited the timbre that he wanted to achieve.
The programme for Volume 1 contains the experimental and ambitious Sonata in A flat major, No.31; the elegantly virtuosic Sonata in D major, No.39l, expressive Sonata in B minor, No.47 and the almost Schubertian Sonatas in C sharp minor, No.49. Volume Two will be released this autumn.
Bavouzet launches this new series with the support of a number of concerts across Europe.