Leon McCawley - Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata No. 34 in D Major, Op. 41 No. 2, Hob. XVI:33: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 34 in D Major, Op. 41 No. 2, Hob. XVI:33: II. Adagio
03. Piano Sonata No. 34 in D Major, Op. 41 No. 2, Hob. XVI:33: III. Tempo di menuet
04. Piano Sonata No. 32 in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44: I. Moderato
05. Piano Sonata No. 32 in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44: II. Allegretto
06. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: I. Allegro moderato
07. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: II. Adagio
08. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: III. Finale. Presto
09. Piano Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Op. 13 No. 3, Hob. XVI:23: I. Moderato
10. Piano Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Op. 13 No. 3, Hob. XVI:23: II. Adagio
11. Piano Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Op. 13 No. 3, Hob. XVI:23: III. Finale. Presto
12. Piano Sonata No. 55 in B-Flat Major, Op. 37 No. 2, Hob. XVI:41: I. Allegro
13. Piano Sonata No. 55 in B-Flat Major, Op. 37 No. 2, Hob. XVI:41: II. Allegro di molto
14. Piano Sonata No. 56 in D Major, Op. 37 No. 3, Hob. XVI:42: I. Andante con espressione
15. Piano Sonata No. 56 in D Major, Op. 37 No. 3, Hob. XVI:42: II. Vivace assai



"SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the third volume in Leon McCawley’s much praised series of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Piano Sonatas.

Six Sonatas, spanning the years 1767-84, are featured: the earliest No.31 in A-flat major, the latest No.56 in D major while Robert Matthew- Walker provides fascinating booklet notes describing the multifarious effects on his music of Haydn’s enthusiasm for equal temperament.

Sonata No.31 in A-flat major is, he says, a continuation of Bach that seems to bypass Mozart and anticipate early Beethoven: “Astonishingly original music, and not just for its time”.

The two-movement Sonata No.32 in G minor is a unique and intimate work while No.34 in D major boasts an innovative tonal scheme that disguises its virtuosity with immediately approachable technique.

The F major Sonata No.38, notes Matthew-Walker, is “full of that wonderful combination of inner life and directly human expression that is the essence of Haydn”.

Two later Sonatas – Nos.55 (B-flat major) and 56 (D major) – arguably saw romantic sonata form tested to its expressive limits by “Haydn’s original genius” and his “thematic developmental-variation technique even today causing surprise for its profoundly original subtleties”."

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