For his lunchtime recital at the Wigmore, Bavouzet opened with a version of Haydn’s 1773 Sonata No. 24 in D that glimmered like polished glass in the sunlight. In the taut yet playful opening movement ...

Haydn composed 60 sonatas for the piano between the 1750s and 1795. Though six are lost, it represents a significant body of work and, having fallen rather out of fashion in recent years, is now being ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. More Bavouzet – and more delights, as the French pianist continues his admirable survey of the 50-plus Haydn piano ...

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Hamelin is such an impressive champion of the 19th-century, high-Romantic piano repertory, with the technique and the musical temperament to match, that it comes as a bit of surprise to find that he ...

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This continuing series is turning into a real classic: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has an infectious sense of the witty fun that underlies so many of Haydn's inventions, and the finale of the D major Sonata ...

Sonata for Keyboard No. 47 Joseph Haydn, Composer Alain Planès, Piano Sonata for Keyboard No. 33 Alain Planès, Piano Joseph Haydn, Composer Sonata for Keyboard No. 50 Alain Planès, Piano Joseph Haydn, ...

Ekaterina Derzhavina's name was new to me, but this 9-CD set of Haydn's complete piano sonatas should broaden her recognition considerably. Her playing is elegant, stylish, and above all imaginative, ...

Sonata for Keyboard No. 50 Joseph Haydn, Composer Olivier Cavé, Piano Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movements: G (L333) Olivier Cavé, Piano Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Sonata (un piccolo ...