Haydn / Bavouzet Piano Sonatas 2 CD

The multi-award winning and ever-popular Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is back with Volume 2 of Chandos' highly acclaimed Haydn Sonata series. This new release follows Bavouzet's complete Debussy cycle and a number of recent concerto recordings all of which have been extraordinarily well received by critics and audiences alike, picking up numerous awards along the way. For the recording Bavouzet brought in a specially selected Yamaha piano which he feels gives the sort of tonal quality he is looking for, and it shows in the program for Volume 2 which includes the elegantly virtuosic Sonata in E minor, No. 19; Sonata in B flat major, No. 20; Sonata in G minor, No. 32; Sonata in C major, No. 48, and Sonata in D major, No. 50.

1. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, H. 16/35: 1. Allegro Con Brio 2. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, H. 16/35: 2. Adagio 3. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, H. 16/35: 3. Finale. Allegro 4. Keyboard Sonata in G minor, H. 16/44: 1. Moderato 5. Keyboard Sonata in G minor, H. 16/44: 2. Allegretto 6. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/37: 1. Allegro Con Brio 7. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/37: 2. Largo E Sostenuto - 8. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, H. 16/37: 3. Finale. Presto, Ma Non Troppo 9. Keyboard Sonata in E minor, H. 16/47Bis. Add.: 1. Adagio - 10. Keyboard Sonata in E minor, H. 16/47Bis. Add.: 2. Allegro 11. Keyboard Sonata in E minor, H. 16/47Bis. Add.: 3. Finale. Tempo Di Menuet 12. Keyboard Sonata in B Flat Major, H. 16/18: 1. Allegro Moderato 13. Keyboard Sonata in B Flat Major, H. 16/18: 2. Moderato