Release Date: 12 January 1999
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 730099482523
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: HAYDN
Description
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)Piano Sonatas Vol. 8Sonata No.11 in B flat major, Hob.XVI:2Sonata No.12 in A major, Hob.XVI:12Sonata No.13 in G major, Hob.XVI:6Sonata No.14 in C major, Hob.XVI:3Sonata No.15 in E major, Hob.XVI:13Sonata No.16 in D major, Hob.XVI:14Sonata No.18 in E flat major, Hob.XVI deest Joseph Haydn was born in the village of Rohrau in 1732,the son of a wheelwright. Trained at the choir-school of St. Stephen'sCathedral in Vienna, he spent some years earning a living as best he could fromteaching and playing the violin or keyboard, and was able to learn from the oldmusician Porpora, whose assistant he became. Haydn's first appointment was in1759 as Kapellmeister to a Bohemian nobleman, Count von Morzin. This wasfollowed in 1761 by employment as Vice-Kapellmeister to one of the richest menin the Empire, Prince Paul Anton Esterhazy, succeeded on his death in 1762 byhis brother Prince Nikolaus. On the death in 1766 of the elderly and somewhatobstructive Kapellmeister, Gregor Werner, Haydn succeeded to his position, toremain in the same employment, nominally at least, for the rest of his life. On the completion of the magnificent palace at Esterhaza,in the Hungarian plains, under the new Prince, Haydn assumed command of an increasedmusical establishment. Here he had responsibility for the musical activities ofthe palace, which included the provision and direction of instrumental music,opera and theatre music, and music for the church. For his patron he provided aquantity of chamber music of all kinds, particularly for the Prince's ownpeculiar instrument, the baryton, a bowed string instrument with sympatheticstrings that could also be plucked. On the death of Prince Nikolaus in 1790, Haydn was ableto accept an invitation to visit London, where he provided music for theconcert season organized by the violinist-impresario Salomon. A secondsuccessful visit to London in 1794 and 1795 was followed by a return to dutywith the Esterhazy family, the new head of which had settled principally at thefamily property in Eisenstadt, where Haydn had started his career. Much of theyear, however, was to be spent in Vienna, where Haydn passed his final years,dying in 1809, as the French armies of Napoleon approached the city yet again. The classical keyboard sonata developed during the eighteenthcentury, the changes in its form and content taking place during Haydn'slife-time. This formal development took place during a period when keyboard instrumentsthemselves were changing, with the harpsichord and clavichord graduallyreplaced by the new hammer-action fortepiano. There are some fourteen early harpsichordsonatas attributed to Haydn Of his 47 later keyboard sonatas, dating from about1765, the first thirty were designed for harpsichord and the next nine for harpsichordor piano. The remaining eight sonatas include seven specifically intended forpiano and one for piano or harpsichord. The principal musical differencebetween music f
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Various
Various
Lully
