Credits:

Beethoven Trio Bonn

Description:

French giant star Jean-Efflam Bavouzet YAMAHA Piano Play Haydn Volume 8! Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, who has gained popularity as one of the world's foremost embodiments of French pianism and now holds a dominant position in the performance and recording of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, and other classical works, has undertaken a project to record all of Haydn's piano sonatas. This recording project, which explores Haydn's diverse styles and expressions and has been well received for the clear and vivid tone of the YAMAHA CFX piano and the warm acoustic sound of the Potton Hall, has been awarded "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone magazine (UK) and "Instrumental Choice" by BBC Music Magazine (UK). The project has been frequently selected as "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone magazine, "Instrumental Choice" by BBC Music Magazine, "International Piano Choice" by International Piano magazine, and so on. In the eighth volume of the series, the young Haydn, who left the boys' choir of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna to pursue a career as a harpsichord teacher, presents three short and easy early sonatas (Nos. 5-7), which he probably wrote for his students, and two large sonatas (Nos. 51 and 59) written some 20 years later. No. 51 and No. 59) written some 20 years later.These two late works, both written in E-flat major, demand a high level of musicianship and demonstrate Haydn's great technique and ingenuity. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Keyboard Sonata in G major, H. 16/11
2.Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, H. 16/38
3.Adagio for piano in G major (orig. 2nd mvt. of Keyboard Trio, H. 15/22)
4.Keyboard Sonata in C major, H. 16/10
5.Keyboard Sonata in D major, H. 16/D1 (spurious; by Kauer)
6.Variations for piano on the hymn "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (arrangement of string quartet Op.
7.Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, H. 16/49