Joseph Haydn

Joseph HaydnAmong Joseph Haydns extensive oeuvre is an almost inexhaustible stock of piano sonatas. With altogether over 50 works, they form a significant segment of his overall output. One of this composers great achievements is that in these sonatas as in many other genres, such as the symphonies and string quartets Haydn bridges discrepant stylistic eras, and lays the founding stone for the classical piano sonata.

Volume III stands out for its eleven exceptionally lovely and important pieces. Five of them are in two movements, including the often played Sonata in G major Hob.XVI:40.
The eleven pieces are basically all masterworks amongst which the e minor Sonata Hob.XVI.34, the E-flat major Sonata Hob. XVI:49 and a second E-flat major Sonata (this one written in England), Hob. XVI:52, deserve special attention.

55 Sonatas, 55 Pianists Edition in 3 volumes: HN 1336 (Volume I), HN 1338 (Volume II), HN 1340 (Volume III)

55 internationally celebrated pianists were invited to adopt one Haydn piano sonata each and provide it with their personal fingerings a whos who on the contemporary piano scene. G. Henle Publishers now presents this classic, revised and with a new look, to all pianists in the certainty that Haydns sonatas will further cement their place in the world of music. Volume III offers the crowning achievement of Haydns sonata-writing with these late works, including famous works such as the stormy Sonata in e minor Hob. XVI:34 and the grand Sonata in E-flat major Hob. XVI:52. Superbly laid-out settings for the piano are combined here with great musical expressivity, which is why these sonatas remain firmly anchored in concert life to this day.

*Fingering:
Andreas Staier (Hob. XVI:33 D major)
Murray Perahia (Hob. XVI:34 e minor)
Angela Hewitt (Hob. XVI:40 G major)
Tom Beghin (Hob. XVI:41 B flat major)
Daniil Trifonov (Hob. XVI:42 D major)
Marc-Andr Hamelin (Hob. XVI:43 A flat major)
Piotr Anderszewski (Hob. XVI:48 C major)
Evgeny Kissin (Hob. XVI:49 E flat major)
Christian Zacharias (Hob. XVI:50 C major)
Alexander Lonquich (Hob. XVI:51 D major)
Andrs Schiff (Hob. XVI:52 E flat major)