Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 38, 39, 47, 59

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On the face of it, these are rather 'straight' readings, meticulously fingered and judiciously paced; Kozhukin never rushes detail or stabs at the keyboard for emphasis...Yet his apparent restraint... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Sep 2014
Catalogue No: ONYX4118
Label: Onyx
Length: 52 minutes

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Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat major, Hob.XVI:49

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I. Allegro

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II. Adagio e cantabile

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III. Finale: Tempo di Menuet

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Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 38. in F, Hob.XVI / 23

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I. Allegro

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II. Adagio

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III. Finale: Presto

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Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47. in B Minor, Hob.XVI / 32

Work length11:25

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I. Allegro moderato

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II. Menuet

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III. Finale (Presto)

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Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 39 in D major, Hob.XVI:24

Work length10:47

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I. Allegro

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II. Adagio

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III. Finale (Presto)

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Denis Kozhukhin "is clearly a formidable pianist with strong interpretative ideas to match his fine technique" said the Guardian of his debut recording of Prokofiev’s three ‘War Sonatas’.

"A stunning tour de force" said the BBC Music Magazine reviewing the same CD, "I’ve never heard so much revelatory detail in Prokofiev’s triptych of dark and painful masterpieces. Kozhukhin has a way of bring out the details of the inner parts, or even a usually inconsequential – seeming bass line, that highlights the drama instead of detracting from it…" For his second ONYX CD, Kozhukhin turns to Joseph Haydn, whose piano sonatas have been unjustly neglected and yet contain some of his most forward-looking music. In the selection here, the worlds of gallant classical style rub shoulders with sturm und drang, and in the major D work the influence Haydn had upon his wayward and headstrong young pupil Beethoven is clear.

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February 2015

On the face of it, these are rather 'straight' readings, meticulously fingered and judiciously paced; Kozhukin never rushes detail or stabs at the keyboard for emphasis...Yet his apparent restraint discloses an intent thoughtfulness and a subtlety of dynamic shading through which the highly contrasted characters of Haydn's various movements emerge all the more compellingly.

January 2015

[Kozhukhin] is really at his best in Hob.XVI/24 (No. 39), spaciously expressive in the Allegro first movement, melancholy in the Baroque-type Adagio and pointedly rhythmic in the final Presto.

March 2015

exquisitely refined playing...about as close to the perfect ideal in this music as it is possible to imagine...A defining moment in Classical pianism.

Classical Music January 2015

Kozhukhin proves himself an incisive and thoughtful interpreter of Haydn. His grace, lyrical fluency and sensitivity to every aspect of these works is impressive, humour never overdone, with a lithe energy throughout.

Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 38, 39, 47, 59

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