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…the players avoid any possibility of tonal monotony by maximising the variety of texture, colour and dynamics in their performances, and by relishing the degree to which Haydn continually challenges... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Release Date: 28th Sep 2009
Catalogue No: CDA67757
Label: Hyperion
Length: 59 minutes

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Haydn: Piano Trio No. 44 in E Major, Hob.XV:28

Work length15:27

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The Florestan Trio

I. Allegro moderato

Track length7:25

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II. Allegretto

Track length3:16

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III. Finale: Allegro

Track length4:46

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Haydn: Piano Trio No. 45 in E flat Major, Hob.XV:29

Work length15:31

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The Florestan Trio

I. Poco allegretto

Track length7:19

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II. Andantino ed innocentemente

Track length2:37

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III. Finale: Presto assai

Track length5:35

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Haydn: Piano Trio No. 42 in E flat Major, Hob.XV:30

Work length16:19

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The Florestan Trio

I. Allegro moderato

Track length8:45

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II. Andante con moto

Track length4:21

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III. Presto

Track length3:13

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Haydn: Piano Trio No. 41 in E flat minor, Hob.XV:31

Work length12:16

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The Florestan Trio

I. Andante

Track length8:46

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II. Allegro 'Jacob's Dream'

Track length3:30

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Haydn’s ‘piano trios’ (as his accompanied piano sonatas are known) are among the most delightful and inventive of all his works. They have a ‘domestic’ reputation, and indeed they were intended for playing at home. But we make a mistake if we think that this meant that Haydn expected music-making of limited accomplishment. Many outstanding musicians of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries never performed in public for one simple reason: they were women. Who knows how many gifted women musicians were denied opportunities that their male counterparts enjoyed. But when it comes to pianists, we can at least get some idea of their talents from the music that was written for them.

Among the women pianists whom Haydn met while he was in London in the 1790s, one of the most highly-regarded was Therese Jansen, a pupil of Clementi. Haydn named her as among the capital’s most important pianists. Haydn wrote for her a set of three piano trios which were published in London in 1797—Hob XV:28 and 29 on this disc, and No 27 in C major (on Hyperion CDA67719). The challenging piano parts suggests that she must have been a very fine performer—and indeed the string-writing is no less demanding. They are not only virtuoso works, but have an exceptionally wide range of expression.

The Florestan Trio, with their magnificent pianist Susan Tomes, dazzle in this repertoire. Their first disc of Haydn’s piano trios was enthusiastically acclaimed (see below) and this release is sure to follow its critical and commercial success.

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December 2009

…the players avoid any possibility of tonal monotony by maximising the variety of texture, colour and dynamics in their performances, and by relishing the degree to which Haydn continually challenges his listeners with unexpected turns of phrase and audacious modulations. ...these warmly recorded performances offer plenty of musical insight and deserve a positive recommendation.

January 2010

…the Florestans display their customarily virtuosity, elegance and caprice in these outwardly easy-going works, once again capturing the full (and deceptively wide) emotional range of what may appear on the surface to be merely domestic entertainment music.

2011 edition

wonderfully fresh and appealing, alive, full of subtle detail and indeed joy in the music. They are vividly yet truthfully recorded.

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