Browse: Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 40 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:25

Hamelin kicks off with the late C major Sonata, H50, nailing his virtuoso credentials firmly to the mast with a mercurial account of its opening movement. Some may prefer Schiff's more measured... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the playing is outstanding for its crystalline tone, springy rhythms, lively tempos and integral handling of ornamentation...Hamelin is often at his most brilliant where Haydn is at his most... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is among the finest accounts [of the Variations] on disc: searchingly nuanced from moment to moment yet never losing its grip on the work's tragic progress. Bavouzet's readings of the three... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In the case of this group of sonatas, three from 1773 and three others from later in the same decade, in every instance, Odiaga proceeds with the same deeply disciplined appreciation of structure... — Fanfare More…

Jando is confirming his reputation as a fluent Haydn interpreter, wholly in sympathy with the composer's musical language. — Gramophone Magazine More…