Haydn - Six Keyboard Works
Played on Historic Instruments
Richard Lester (fortepiano)
Richard Lester, captured in a generous recording, is content to let the charm and wit of the music speak for itself without being overly interventionist. This can be effective in fast outer...
Haydn - Six Keyboard Works
Played on Historic Instruments
Richard Lester (fortepiano)
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Richard Lester, captured in a generous recording, is content to let the charm and wit of the music speak for itself without being overly interventionist. This can be effective in fast outer...
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On this recording the sonatas in D, G, C and F are performed on a fortepiano by Johann Schantz now in the Holburne Museum in Bath. It is thought to have been built in 1795 and is one of four surviving examples; there are two in Vienna and another in a private collection. The E-flat and A-flat major sonatas are performed on a delightful unnamed fortepiano in the remarkable private collection of Michael Turner. The instrument, a wreck when first discovered, was restored by Michael Cole. The instrument is thought to be Northern Italian and around 1790 or even earlier.
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September 2009
Richard Lester, captured in a generous recording, is content to let the charm and wit of the music speak for itself without being overly interventionist. This can be effective in fast outer movements, which have an infectious energy.
