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Haydn: Piano Sonatas Volume IV / McCawley
SOMM Recordings

Haydn: Piano Sonatas Volume IV / McCawley

$20.99

Details

Composer
Haydn, Joseph
Artist
Leon Mccawley
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Nov 19, 2021
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0643
UPC
748871064324

About

SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the fourth volume in Leon McCawley’s much praised series of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Piano Sonatas. Six Sonatas spanning the years 1766-80 are featured: the earliest the miniature First Sonata in G major, the latest the E flat major Sonata No.51, while Robert Matthew-Walker’s fascinating booklet note charts how deftly Haydn balanced the expectations of others and his own creative ambition. “Intended more to entertain than engage the intellect”, the fleet, divertimento-like First Sonata seems to anticipate the pedagogical leanings of Bartók’s Mikrokosmos more than a century and half later.With its unabashed galant style, the D major-led Sonata No.30 is ‘Papa’ Haydn at his most quicksilver brilliant and delightful, while Sonata No.35, in A flat major – “a masterpiece of piano writing” – displays striking characteristics of early Romanticism. Composed with the enhanced voice of the then newly available fortepiano in mind, sibling Sonatas Nos.48 (C major) and 49 (C sharp minor) maintain a winning Classical poise even as one surprise after another see Haydn pushing the sonata form in new and unexpected directions. Volume I (SOMMCD 0162) received a coveted Diapason d’Or from Diapason magazine, which enthused: “What a range in his interpretation and how many layers of gradation! McCawley ties these together in a special quality of inflexions which make their point with great intelligibility and sensitivity”. BBC Music Magazine declared Volume II (SOMMCD 0602) “should stand high on any list” of quality recordings of Haydn, adding “the sparkle of McCawley’s touch is instantly apparent”. Of Volume III (SOMMCD 0624) Gramophone hailed McCawley as “a thoughtful, keenly intelligent artist in peak form… [Haydn’s] piano works an inexhaustible source of artistic riches.”

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con brio 06:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  2. 2 II. Adagio 05:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  3. 3 III. Finale: Allegro 03:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  4. 4 I. Allegro 02:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  5. 5 II. Menuet 01:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Menuet
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  6. 6 III. Andante 01:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  7. 7 IV. Allegro 00:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  8. 8 I. Moderato 06:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  9. 9 II. Menuetto - Trio 02:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Menuetto - Trio
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  10. 10 III. Rondo: Presto 05:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Rondo: Presto
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  11. 11 I. Moderato 05:53
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  12. 12 II. Scherzando: Allegro con brio 03:05
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Scherzando: Allegro con brio
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  13. 13 III. Menuet: Moderato 04:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Menuet: Moderato
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  14. 14 I. Allegro moderato 05:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  15. 15 II. Adagio 03:49
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  16. 16 III. Finale: Allegro 03:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  17. 17 I. Moderato 07:15
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  18. 18 II. Andante 08:48
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley
  19. 19 III. Finale: Allegro assai 03:02
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Leon McCawley