Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Paul Lewis
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902372
Release: 2021
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata No. 33 in C minor, Hob.XVI:20
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Finale. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:52
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Finale. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 53 in E minor, Hob.XVI:34
07. I. Presto
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Finale. Molto vivace
Piano Sonata No. 61 in D major, Hob.XVI:51
10. I. Andante
11. II. Finale. Presto
In 2018, Paul Lewis embarked on an exploration of one of the richest bodies of work of the Classical era: the keyboard sonatas of Haydn.
For his second volume, the British pianist tackles some of the most remarkable pieces in this vast oeuvre: the exceptionally concise Sonata in D major Hob. XVI:51, for example, which is surprisingly pre-Romantic (Schubert is not far off), or the celebrated Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:52, with which Haydn conferred well-nigh symphonic dimensions on the keyboard sonata for the very first time.