Leon McCawley – Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Leon McCawley – Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2020)
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“SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the third volume in Leon McCawley’s much praised series of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Piano Sonatas.

Six Sonatas, spanning the years 1767-84, are featured: the earliest No.31 in A-flat major, the latest No.56 in D major while Robert Matthew- Walker provides fascinating booklet notes describing the multifarious effects on his music of Haydn’s enthusiasm for equal temperament.

Sonata No.31 in A-flat major is, he says, a continuation of Bach that seems to bypass Mozart and anticipate early Beethoven: “Astonishingly original music, and not just for its time”.

The two-movement Sonata No.32 in G minor is a unique and intimate work while No.34 in D major boasts an innovative tonal scheme that disguises its virtuosity with immediately approachable technique.

The F major Sonata No.38, notes Matthew-Walker, is “full of that wonderful combination of inner life and directly human expression that is the essence of Haydn”.

Two later Sonatas – Nos.55 (B-flat major) and 56 (D major) – arguably saw romantic sonata form tested to its expressive limits by “Haydn’s original genius” and his “thematic developmental-variation technique even today causing surprise for its profoundly original subtleties”.”

Tracklist:
01. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 34 in D Major, Op. 41 No. 2, Hob. XVI:33: I. Allegro (05:51)
02. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 34 in D Major, Op. 41 No. 2, Hob. XVI:33: II. Adagio (04:49)
03. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 34 in D Major, Op. 41 No. 2, Hob. XVI:33: III. Tempo di menuet (04:24)
04. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 32 in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44: I. Moderato (06:16)
05. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 32 in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44: II. Allegretto (04:00)
06. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: I. Allegro moderato (07:35)
07. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: II. Adagio (08:21)
08. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: III. Finale. Presto (02:49)
09. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Op. 13 No. 3, Hob. XVI:23: I. Moderato (04:59)
10. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Op. 13 No. 3, Hob. XVI:23: II. Adagio (05:07)
11. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Op. 13 No. 3, Hob. XVI:23: III. Finale. Presto (03:00)
12. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 55 in B-Flat Major, Op. 37 No. 2, Hob. XVI:41: I. Allegro (05:37)
13. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 55 in B-Flat Major, Op. 37 No. 2, Hob. XVI:41: II. Allegro di molto (02:47)
14. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 56 in D Major, Op. 37 No. 3, Hob. XVI:42: I. Andante con espressione (09:37)
15. Leon McCawley – Piano Sonata No. 56 in D Major, Op. 37 No. 3, Hob. XVI:42: II. Vivace assai (03:02)

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