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Jadin: Piano Sonatas, Op. 4-6 / Toporowski
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Jadin: Piano Sonatas, Op. 4-6 / Toporowski

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Composer
Hyacinthe Jadin
Artist
Marek Toporowski
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jun 23, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96958
UPC
5028421969589

About

New recordings of signature works by a young and tragically short-lived lion of the keyboard in late 18th-century France. This is the most extensive set of records ever dedicated to the music of Hyacinthe Jadin, sure to attract the attention of all aficionados of keyboard rarities, especially as performed by the Polish harpsichordist and pianist Marek Toporowski, with his encyclopedic understanding of Baroque and early-Classical repertoire. Born in Versailles in 1776, Jadin grew up in a musical family and was educated in both the French and German traditions, something unusual at the time. His professional career was brief; he was appointed to the Conservatoire in 1795 as one of its first professors of piano, and fell ill from the tuberculosis that would take his life in 1800. Jadin’s surviving output includes six quartets, four piano concertos, and several violin sonatas. From the evidence of these nine piano sonatas – three for each published opus number – we may hear in Jadin an astonishingly gifted composer whose music foreshadows the Romantic era – even at points the expressive poignancy of Schubert. Writing in major keys, Jadin’s elegant facility belongs to his own Classical age; it is when he ventures into remote minortonalities, such as the F sharp minor Sonata Op.4 No.2, that he seems to look forward to another, more personal age of expression. In all cases, however, Jadin evidently took Haydn as a model, for his themes are unfailingly compact and elegantly conceived for the keyboard, his development sections are likewise concise while enlivened with touches of ingenious modulation between keys. In his booklet essay, introducing Jadin’s life and work, Marek Toporowski makes the case for the composer as a French-born Dussek, an outstandingly original figure and one of the great ‘might-have-beens’ of musical history. His stylish performances on a modern copy of a Walter fortepiano support such a claim, as well as affording much delight in their own right.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 07:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  2. 2 II. Andante 02:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  3. 3 III. Presto 04:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  4. 4 I. Allegro molto 08:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro molto
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  5. 5 II. Menuet - Trio 02:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Menuet - Trio
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  6. 6 III. Finale: Allegro 04:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  7. 7 I. Allegro moderato 05:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  8. 8 II. Adagio 04:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  9. 9 III. Rondo: Allegretto 03:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  10. 10 I. Allegro moderato 06:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  11. 11 II. Adagio 05:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  12. 12 III. Finale: Allegro 05:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  13. 13 I. Andante 04:05
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  14. 14 II. Finale: Presto 04:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  15. 15 I. Allegro maestoso 07:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    07:08
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  16. 16 II. Andante 02:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  17. 17 III. Allegro 06:47
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  18. 18 I. Allegro moderato 08:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  19. 19 II. Andante sostenuto 04:41
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  20. 20 III. Finale: Allegro 05:30
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  21. 21 I. Andante 06:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  22. 22 II. Rondeau: Allegretto 04:53
    Track
    22
    Title
    II. Rondeau: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  23. 23 I. Allegro moderato 07:31
    Track
    23
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  24. 24 II. Adagio 03:13
    Track
    24
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski
  25. 25 III. Allegro assai 03:39
    Track
    25
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Performer
    Marek Toporowski