Shai Wosner plays Haydn and Ligeti

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[Wosner] responds to every twist and turn with a sense of great immediacy as well as an airy, high-stepped poise and unerring pointing-up of Ligeti’s deliciously unpredictable rhythms. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016 More…

Release Date: 20th May 2016
Catalogue No: ONYX4174
Label: Onyx
Length: 79 minutes

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Haydn: Concerto in G Major, Hob.VIIa:4: I. Allegro

Work length21:01

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Shai Wosner (soloist)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon

I. Allegro

Track length9:19

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II. Adagio

Track length7:33

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III. Rondo. Presto

Track length4:09

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Györgi Ligeti: Capriccio No. 2

Work length2:08

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Shai Wosner (soloist)

Haydn: Capriccio in G major "Acht Sauschneider müssen seyn", Hob.XVII:1

Work length7:14

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Shai Wosner (soloist)

Györgi Ligeti: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: I. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso

Work length22:20

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Shai Wosner (soloist)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon

I. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso

Track length3:51

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II. Lento e deserto

Track length6:20

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III. Vivace cantabile

Track length4:07

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IV. Allegro risoluto, molto ritmico

Track length4:37

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V. Presto luminoso, fluido, constante, sempre molto ritmico

Track length3:25

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Györgi Ligeti: Capriccio No.1

Work length2:53

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Shai Wosner (soloist)

Haydn: Capriccio in C Major, Hob.XVII:4 "Fantasia"

Work length6:16

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Shai Wosner (soloist)

Haydn: Concerto in D Major, Hob.XVIII:11: I. Vivace

Work length17:39

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Shai Wosner (soloist)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon

I. Vivace

Track length7:31

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II. Un poco Adagio

Track length5:49

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III. Rondo all' Ungarese. Allegro assai

Track length4:19

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Shai Wosner has established himself as one of today’s leading Schubert interpreters. He is also equally at home in Classical, Romantic and Contemporary repertoire, often in unusual combinations which are both thought provoking: Brahms and Schoenberg for example, or delightfully quirky, as on his new recording for ONYX.

Shai Wosner writes, "There aren't too many composers in music history who are likely to use subtitles such as ‘It takes eight of you to castrate a boar’ (‘Acht Sauschneider müssen sein’). Like a naughty smile under the more official Capriccio in G Major by Joseph Haydn from 1765, its origin remains mysterious - most likely a forgotten Austrian folk song - but it would have no doubt been relished wholeheartedly by the 20th-century composer of the 'Nonsense Madrigals'. Apart from connections with Central-European folk music (Haydn's "Ungarese" style, Ligeti's early Capriccios, for example) or the fact that both were towering figures already in their lifetime - like 'Papa' Haydn, Ligeti carries unparalleled direct or indirect influence on almost every young composer today - a particular richness of humour that transcends centuries links their music music - like two distant relatives sharing an old family joke."

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September 2016

[Wosner] responds to every twist and turn with a sense of great immediacy as well as an airy, high-stepped poise and unerring pointing-up of Ligeti’s deliciously unpredictable rhythms.

August 2016

Both [Wosner’s] Haydn concertos are fresh, agile, lithe and never less than expressive…naturally it is in Ligeti’s 1988 Piano Concerto that the DNSO get to unfurl their full colours…from this dazzling display of colour and sound, soloist and ensemble convey a fundamental humanity so appealing that the concerto’s 18 minutes seem over before they have begun…this is Shai Wosner’s finest recording to date

Classical Music August 2016

Wosner’s] technique, control and musical instincts are second to none. Both Haydn concertos are superb with lithe, period-feel accompaniment from the Danish players; Ligeti’s concerto starts off at a tremendous lick and the tension never lets up until the quicksilver finale. Essential listening.

Shai Wosner plays Haydn and Ligeti

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