Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Franz Joseph Haydn, Emanuel Ax Title: Haydn:Piano Sonatas (Hob. 32, 47,53,59) Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 1 Label: Sony Original Release Date: 1/1/1994 Re-Release Date: 9/6/1994 Genre: Classical Styles: Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830) Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 074645363523 |
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Emanuel Ax obviously loves Haydn's piano sonatas. This is his second CD of them, and I wouldn't be surprised if he had to argue with his record company to make the discs; Haydn doesn't sell nearly as well as Mozart. But ea... more »     |
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Amazon.com Emanuel Ax obviously loves Haydn's piano sonatas. This is his second CD of them, and I wouldn't be surprised if he had to argue with his record company to make the discs; Haydn doesn't sell nearly as well as Mozart. But each of these sonatas is a genuine masterpiece, filled with imagination. And, frankly, quality aside, Haydn's piano sonatas are less predictable than Mozart's, less regular in form and quirkier. Ax plays the music fairly straight, expressively but without romantic mannerisms. This is a thoroughly enjoyable disc, and maybe if enough of us buy it Ax will be allowed to make another one. --Leslie Gerber Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsAX CONTINUES HIS EXCELLENT HAYDN TRAVERSAL Melvyn M. Sobel | Freeport (Long Island), New York | 11/30/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "I was very much impressed by Ax's genuine feel for Haydn in his first CD of sonatas, and the way he caressed the music. It all seemed perfectly balanced. My own love for Haydn's sonatas goes back years (and years). Raised on the old Vox Box sets, with Klien, Kyriakou, Galling, given to me by my father (may he be sitting next to Poppa Haydn somewhere in the celestial firmament), I could never find a pianist who duplicated the sonatas as I remembered them. Until I heard Ax play. Listen, for example, to his handling of the Adagio E Cantabile from Sonata No. 59 in E-flat, or the perky Allegretto from Sonata No. 32 in G Minor. This is radiant, love-filled playing that comes through absolutely. If we keep our fingers crossed, maybe Sony will be smart enough underwrite a complete Haydn Sonatas series with Ax. This would be something worth waiting for! Excellent, warm, comfortable sound, sans ambience. Highly recommended. [Running time: 61:02]" Listen first.... John Willoughby | Amherst, MA | 06/26/2006 (3 out of 5 stars) "I read numerous rave reviews about this disc before I bought it.
The pieces are interesting and varied, the playing and recording quality is of course excellent, but... ...I don't enjoy listening to it that much, and it's one of those forgotten discs that gets pushed to the edge of the shelf. I don't know what it is. To my ear Ax's playing doesn't feel so sympatheitc, rather it seems to be more an intellectual exercise (that often bandied about criticism). I don't know what the problem is - I have several discs of Haydn sonatas that I just enjoy more, for instance Jando's Volume 10 on Naxos, which is wonderful (the best of his volumes). But these are earlier, simpler sonatas, as compared to these later ones. Maybe it's just my taste - there are certainly plenty of people out there who know their Haydn and like this disc, but I'm not one of them. Rather than say 'don't buy this', I'd instead urge potential buyers to listen to as much of it as they can first and then make up their minds." |
