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Sublime Haydn

Kenneth J. Luurs | Oak Park, IL USA | 10/08/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'd never heard of the pianist but that means little since there are many fine pianists out there who record infrequently or not at all.



These performances are a delight - and the recording quality is close and gorgeous. There's a good cross section of Haydn's ideas presented -- all from a fertile time in Haydn's career.



For many years, Haydn's music has often been ill-served by few performances and fewer recordings. If more people listened to recordings such as this, I think that would not be the case.



Listening to Sauer's performances, one can see where Beethoven got some of his inspiration...Beethoven was still a journeyman composer when most of these were written. These works are a bridge to some of the great works of the piano literature.



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