Notes and Editorial Reviews
The playing is outstanding for its crystalline tone, springy rhythms, lively tempos and integral handling of ornamentation. Hyperion's recording of the modern Steinway is cleanly focused … Hamelin is often at his most brilliant where Haydn is at his most eccentric … A sparkling collection.
– BBC Music Magazine
Hyperion’s Record of the Month is the third double-volume release in Marc-André Hamelin’s much-praised series of Haydn’s keyboard sonatas. Haydn wrote around sixty keyboard sonatas and this selection of eleven focuses on those from the 1770s, including the great C minor sonata from the composer’s ‘Sturm und Drang’ period, with its dynamic contrasts and virtuoso demands. These are bookended by three
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from Haydn’s earliest output from the 1750s, most likely penned for his young female pupils to play, and the D major sonata written during the second of the mature composer’s triumphant London visits in 1794.
In all these fascinating, idiosyncratic works, Marc-André Hamelin wears his renowned virtuosity lightly, while playing with understated wit and the elegant, immaculate musicianship that has come to define one of the greatest pianists of our time.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Sonata for Keyboard no 61 in D major, H 16 no 51 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Written: ?1794-95
2.
Sonata for Keyboard no 49 in C sharp minor, H 16 no 36 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: circa 1770-1775; Eszterhazá, Hungary
3.
Sonata for Keyboard no 44 in F major, H 16 no 29 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1774; Eszterhazá, Hungary
4.
Sonata for Keyboard no 40 in E flat major, H 16 no 25 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: ?1773; Eszterhazá, Hungary
5.
Sonata for Keyboard no 37 in E major, H 16 no 22 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1773; Eszterhazá, Hungary
6.
Sonata for Keyboard no 33 in C minor, H 16 no 20 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Written: 1771
7.
Sonata for Keyboard no 32 in G minor, H 16 no 44 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Written: 1778
8.
Sonata for Keyboard no 19 in E minor, H 16 no 47bis by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: circa ?1765; Austria
9.
Sonata for Keyboard no 13 in G major, H 16 no 6 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Written: 1767
10.
Sonata for Keyboard no 11 in B flat major, H 16 no 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Written: before ?1767
11.
Sonata for Keyboard no 10 in C major, H 16 no 1 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Written: ? c1750-55
Featured Sound Samples
Keyboard Sonata no 11 in B flat: I. Moderato
Keyboard Sonata no 49 in C sharp minor: II. Scherzando: Allegro con brio
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Haydn Piano Sonatas August 9, 2012
By Gloria G K. (Hartsdale, NY) See All My Reviews
"These discs were a great surprise as accustomed as we are to quartets and symphonies. They had a simple beauty which would accompany me as I went through the house. I play them frequently."
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Too mcuh Haydn August 3, 2012
By Harold L. Geisse (Binghamton, NY) See All My Reviews
"These are excellent performances, well recorded, but there is a limit for me to the number of Haydn sonatas I can listen to in a row. The answer is to pick and choose, fo course, which sort of thwarts the concept of a CD. But these discs can be highly recommended to those with an unlimited interest in Haydn.
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