Browse: Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 61 in D major, Hob.XVI:51

Unless it’s my imagination, there’s a magical and deeply touching, almost nostalgic hue to this one, as if enjoying the company of a beloved old friend before parting — Gramophone Magazine, September 2022 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Needless to say, there’s much to enjoy in Lewis’s playing – not least the lyricism of the C minor Sonata’s opening movement, or the depth of the Adagio in the E minor Sonata and the brilliance... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Devetzi brings a liquid touch to Haydn’s sonatas (notably the slow movements of Nos 23 and 46). In the concerto, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra are sympathetic collaborators. Some sound fuzz. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Donohoe takes each work at face value, delivering straightdown-the-middle interpretations with the utmost directness, high-definition clarity and scrupulous rhythmic accuracy. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2023 More…