Haydn - Complete Piano Sonatas Vol.3

Joseph Haydn (Composer)
Complete Piano Sonatas III

Among Joseph Haydn’s extensive oeuvre is an almost inexhaustible stock of piano sonatas. With over 50 works altogether, they form a significant segment of his overall output. One of this composer’s 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 adorable 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 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 (written in England), Hob. XVI:52, deserves special attention.

Contents:

Sonata D major Hob. XVI:33
Sonata e minor Hob. XVI:34
Sonata G major Hob. XVI:40
Sonata B flat major Hob. XVI:41
Sonata D major Hob. XVI:42
Sonata A flat major Hob. XVI:43
Sonata C major Hob. XVI:48
Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:49
Sonata C major Hob. XVI:50
Sonata D major Hob. XVI:51
Sonata E flat major Hob. XVI:52