Haydn, Mozart: Sonates
Jérôme Hantaï (piano)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
I love the way Hantaï plays the many grace-notes throughout these works, especially the Haydn sonatas—crisply, naturally, and with no fussiness. This is the least of his many outstanding qualities.
Haydn, Mozart: Sonates
Jérôme Hantaï (piano)
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
I love the way Hantaï plays the many grace-notes throughout these works, especially the Haydn sonatas—crisply, naturally, and with no fussiness. This is the least of his many outstanding qualities.
About
It was in 1774 that Joseph Haydn had his first set of solo keyboard sonatas published and that Mozart first tackled the genre.
The five sonatas presented here all date from 1773-1783, a decade that saw the fortepiano swiftly become the preferred medium for a new style of keyboard writing, to the detriment of the harpsichord.
All that remained was to find the instrument to speak this new language. The late Eighteenth Century German piano on which Jérôme Hantaï performs offers us a chance to hear a unique, expressive, cantabile voice.
Contents and tracklist
- Jérôme Hantaï (soloist)
- Jérôme Hantaï (soloist)
- Jérôme Hantaï (soloist)
- Jérôme Hantaï (soloist)
- Jérôme Hantaï (soloist)
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineAugust 2019Editor's Choice
March/April 2020
I love the way Hantaï plays the many grace-notes throughout these works, especially the Haydn sonatas—crisply, naturally, and with no fussiness. This is the least of his many outstanding qualities.
August 2019
From its compelling programme, to the characteristic sound of an interesting instrument beautifully captured, to the intelligent performances which, for all their cultivated learnedness, speak with a disarming naturalness and simplicity, this is surely among the most satisfying discs I’ve encountered this year. Please, don’t miss it!
