Re: Haydn Piano Sonata

[jerry and judy <jerbidoc@zianet.com>]

>From the RMC

>Joanne Chiung-wen Chang wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> It's my first time posting stuff here.  I am looking for an unknown
>> Haydn Piano sonata to play.  Would anyone know any good pieces you would
>> like to recommend?  Please write to jcc72@columbia.edu if you know.
>> Thanks.
>

 I'm offering this from behind a bevy of upsided chairs, but I must point
out that the Gould The Last Six Sonatas of Haydn M2K 36947 really has no
equal, if as a pianist you want to hear what can be mined from late Haydn
sonatas.  The performance of the last sonata alone is worth the price of
the set.  Disc 2 by itself, with the Hoboken XVI 50 51 and 52, is worth
twice the total investment.  You will play it over and over, hearing new
things, new accents and very long lines etc.

 I've played these sonatas for twenty years, but Gould shows so much more
in them with his "left hand" approach.  Don't worry, it's just enough.

    I can't take much GG, other than his Bach and Schoenberg, Hindemith.
I despise his Chopin interpretation and most of his Mozart/Beethoven, but
these
 performances prove that Haydn is sadly underrated!

Jerry