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Haydn: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 / Bavouzet
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Haydn: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 / Bavouzet

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Composer
HAYDN, JOSEPH
Artist
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Sep 25, 2012
Catalog #
CHAN 10736
UPC
095115173626

About

"Bavouzet’s Haydn is unmatched in its zest and its wit. But it is also substantial, informed and deeply rewarding."

--The New York Times on Bavouzet's Haydn Sonatas cycle, 2022

This is Volume 4 in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s project to record the complete piano sonatas of Haydn. The last volume in the series was a Critic’s Choice in Gramophone, an Instrumental Choice in BBC Music, Editor’s Choice in Classic FM, and Recording of the Month in MusicWeb International.

In the words of Bavouzet himself: ‘Each volume of this ambitious, extended project will arrive over the years like a postcard, dispatched during my travels with scant respect for chronological considerations, but undertaken with the greatest passion for trying to convey as vividly as possible to twenty-first-century ears the boundless treasures of this sublime music.’

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet received a BBC Music Award in 2012 and a Gramophone Award in 2011 for his recording of works by Debussy and Ravel (with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Yan Pascal Tortelier). His recording of Bartók’s Concertos (with Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic) was short-listed for a Gramophone Award, and he has won multiple awards for his recording of the complete works for solo piano by Debussy.

REVIEWS

Bavouzet doesn’t disappoint. He leans towards passion...but melancholy also surfaces through rubato, embellished repeats, control of line, pace and dynamics. This is a performance of stature with not a trace of the slick superficiality that mars matters elsewhere.

--Gramophone

These are marvelous works: every one of them has something inspired to capture your attention. In Sonata No. 38, that would have to be the central Adagio, one of those touchstone classical melodies that seem to sum up all that was most beautiful in 18th century music. Sonata No. 40 has only two movements, an intricate opening Moderato and a charming concluding Minuet.

Like No. 38, Sonata No. 30 is a substantial work in three movements[.] Bavouzet’s aptly spiky articulation of the main theme reminds us that Haydn’s early sonatas were likely composed with the harpsichord in mind, but they lose nothing (and gain much) from being played on a modern piano. This program also includes the moody Variations in F minor. Bavouzet’s interpretation is aptly pre-romantic...Haydn’s original, shorter cadenza/coda, without that astonishing tragic eruption that vaults the music forward into the 19th century...Haydn lovers are in keyboard heaven.

--ClassicsToday.com (David Hurwitz)

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. — 07:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  2. 2 II. Adagio 07:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  3. 3 III. Finale: Presto 03:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  4. 4 I. Moderato 08:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  5. 5 II. Tempo di menuet 02:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Tempo di menuet
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  6. 6 Andante - 10:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Andante -
    Duration
    10:50
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  7. 7 Finale 03:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Finale
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  8. 8 I. Moderato 09:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    09:52
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  9. 9 II. Andante (cadenza by Z. Kocsis) 09:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante (cadenza by Z. Kocsis)
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  10. 10 III. Finale: Allegro assai 03:17
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  11. 11 Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Hob.XVII:6, "Un piccolo divertimento: Variations": Finale (unpublished version with short cadenza) 03:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Hob.XVII:6, "Un piccolo divertimento: Variations": Finale (unpublished version with short cadenza)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet