Instrumental, Piano Solos, Piano Sonatas, Haydn (composer)
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There is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson’s superb pianism, most notably in Haydn’s Sonata No. 47, Mozart’s little C major Sonata and his Adagio in B minor; his Kleine Gigue goes like... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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Hamelin kicks off with the late C major Sonata, H50, nailing his virtuoso credentials firmly to the mast with a mercurial account of its opening movement. Some may prefer Schiff's more measured... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Instrumental Choice
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It takes a formidable pianist to bring Haydn's Sonatas vividly to life on a modern Steinway...The pianist doesn't hesitate to use the colours available on a modern piano, and understands that... —
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While holding in reserve the sonorous depths and gradations of pedalling offered by the modern grand piano, his touch is predominantly light, with an evenness of figuration and crispness of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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the playing is outstanding for its crystalline tone, springy rhythms, lively tempos and integral handling of ornamentation...Hamelin is often at his most brilliant where Haydn is at his most... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Instrumental
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The humour that is so integral to Haydn emerges naturally from the music itself; Donohoe knows that in these sonatas and caprices, a sly wink is far more effective than mugging for the microphone. —
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Rondeau’s interpretations of this music suggest that for the likes of Haydn, Clementi, Beethoven and Debussy, harpsichord sonorities were very much in their mind’s ear. In particular, Rondeau’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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…a luminous evenness of touch and a wonderful lightness in his decorations and runs. …his account of the Adagio of the E flat, HobXVI:49, has a tenderness of its own. And while his account... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th December 2009
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Radu Lupu: The Unreleased Recordings
Decca Masters and Radio Tapes 1970-2002
Radu Lupu (piano), Tel Aviv String Quartet, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Kazimierz Kord
The very qualities that limited his discography - doubt, self-criticism, an acute fear of exposure - are precisely those that give these recordings their emotional charge. Heard now, they do... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Archive Issue of the Month
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