Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6

The highly acclaimed series of Haydn�s complete piano sonatas with multi-award winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has now reached Volume 6. This set opens with the most imposing of Haydn�s early sonatas, No. 11, and follows it with two lesserknown ones, both from the late 1770s, that were published without the composer�s approval: Nos 34 and 35. Each of Nos 36 and 43, the last two featured here, opens a new group of six sonatas, and a new world in Haydn�s compositional style. Future volumes will continue to explore the huge variety of style and expression found in Haydn�s sonatas. As usual, the pianist conveys his personal views in the booklet notes, praising �the generally very short phrases typical of Haydn, the abundant touches of humour, the surprises, the embellishments�, and adding: �The five sonatas in this programme are not among the most well known. But what treasures they conceal!... I am delighted to dedicate this disc to Professor Ern? Nemecz with whom I have shared a love for Haydn�s music for thirty-five years.�