Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN10763
Release: 2013
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata No. 15 in E Major, Hob. XVI:13
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Menuet – Trio
03. III. Finale. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Major, Hob. XVI:12
04. I. Andante
05. II. Menuet – Trio
06. III. Finale (Allegro molto)
Piano Sonata No. 37 in E Major, Hob. XVI:22
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Andante
09. III. Finale. Tempo di Menuet
Piano Sonata No. 54 in G Major, Hob. XVI:40
10. I. Allegretto innocente
11. II. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 55 in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:41
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Allegro di molto
Piano Sonata No. 56 in D Major, Hob. XVI:42
14. I. Andante con espressione
15. II. Vivace assai
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Major, Hob. XVI:12
16. II. Trio (Bavouzet’s Version)
We have now reached Volume 5 in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s project to record the complete piano sonatas of Haydn.
Many leading pianists have tackled these, at times technically challenging classical sonatas, but in Bavouzet’s own words, this is a composer who always left the door open for new interpretations: ‘One often forgets how little information Haydn left in the text of his keyboard works: few instructions on nuance and phrasing, and very minimal tempo indications. Playing them is all the more fascinating for that, but it is also arduous and even risky for the performer, who must, even more than usual, create his or her own world and internal logic, only hoping – in the absence of tangible proof – that he or she is not straying too far from the composer’s intentions, forever out of reach.’
This series has been going from strength to strength, every volume receiving consistently excellent reviews.