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Haydn & Yamaha

Haydn: Piano Sonatas Volume 5

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Sonatas No. 15 in E major, Hob.XVI: No. 12 in A major, Hob.XVI: No. 37 in E major, Hob.XVI:
No. 54 in G major, Hob.XVI: No. 55 in B flat major, Hob.XVI: No. 56 in D major, Hob.XVI:42

Chandos 10763

Since more than half a century ago I enjoyed playing Haydn's sonatas far more than the more popular Mozart's.

Now Haydn has really come into his own with intégrales of the symphonies from Esterhazy, and two wonderful recordings of the piano sonatas, from Tom Beghin on fortepianos (absolutely not to be missed) and Bavouzet's well under way on a modern Yamaha:

Others by eminent main stream pianists have left me dissatisfied - many on Steinways:
"we have been brainwashed into taking for granted that pianos should always be black and made by Steinway - - " [Andras Schiff].

Bavouzet's tone quality as recorded at Potton Hall is ideal and his is the modern piano set to be recomended above all others, "done with notable attention to clarity and texture: Bavouzet's articulation and scrupulous pedalling feel always in style, never anachronistic" [International Record Review].

I have only caught up with them belatedly and look forward to the boxed set which will surely follow completion of the project.

Peter Grahame Woolf