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Haydn: Piano Sonatas
Franz Joseph Haydn, András Schiff
Haydn: Piano Sonatas
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Franz Joseph Haydn, András Schiff
Title: Haydn: Piano Sonatas
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Teldec
Release Date: 8/3/1999
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Fantasies, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 706301714126
 

CD Reviews

Blameless interpretations of gem-like sonatas
Joanna Daneman | Middletown, DE USA | 04/30/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD never, ever fails to get a comment in the house "Ohh! What's that wonderful piano music!" Yes, it's the Haydn again and it's Andreas Schiff.Though these sonatas seem musically to be not so complex, they require sterling technique and musicality to bring out their gem-link beauty. Schiff does that to perfection here. I play this piano set oftener than most other piano solo CD's I own, and I never was a particularly rabid Haydn fan. That's how good this is. Highly Recommended"
Essential Haydn
DR ROBERT JAMES BERRY | Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia | 08/10/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Andras Schiff is a performer I have long admired, and this disc doesn't disapppoint. Whereas other pianists like Alfred Brendel may take a more dramatic approach to Haydn's wonderful piano sonatas, I feel Schiff's delicacy and spirituality (especially in the slow movements) reaches more deeply into this composer's music. These are generously filled discs and I do hope that Schiff and Teldec will consider embarking on a complete cycle of Haydn's sonatas."
Fine performances AND not overly boomy.
Doug - Haydn Fan | California | 04/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"These are highly desirable performances of the tremendous and still little known Haydn piano sonatas. Schiff is a master pianist who thinks about what his playing will sound like when transferred to digital format: the result is a huge plus for the consumer. Most available recorded performanceas of the sonatas are good, some very fine. My problem with many of these recordings, such as on Naxos or Decca, is that Haydn's musical make-up was rather boisterous, and as recordings of the sonatas reveal, this plays the devil with the inner voices of his keyboard works. Boomy congested sound makes for a pointless and very frustrating exercise. If you can handle it the Naxos recordings are very reasonably priced, as are the better recorded Decca with McCabe. But those large pianos present a myriad of sound issues. In this case Schiff is generally able to keep his sound balances from turning tubby, and the music and the listener benefits dramatically.

Another cleaner version of the sonatas - Leif Ove Andsnes. A performance very Scandanvian if you wish in its clarity, elegance and purity. Haydn's gusto and rude humor are transformed into a very Beethoven like power, all done in an ultra moderne approach. A must hear and also the readings are extremely pleasurable; especially so after the somewhat congested music-making/recordings often encountered in these piano sonatas.

Again - this just suggests Haydn has far more range than most give him credit for. The music itself? Wonderful!"