Ronald Brautigam - Haydn - Complete Music For Solo Keyboard: Box Set 15CDs (2008)

Listeners seeking a single box of all Haydn's solo keyboard music performed on a fortepiano and recorded in digital sound need look no further. Pianist Ronald Brautigam's 15-disc set for BIS contains everything the great Austrian classical composer wrote for the instrument: the 63 piano sonatas and the 25 miscellaneous works, plus The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross in a keyboard arrangement authorized by the composer. Thankfully, this set has more virtues than mere completeness. Brautigam is a skilled pianist who makes the switch to fortepiano with no perceptible problems. Here, his touch is light, his tone strong, and his sound full without being clangorous. Beyond technique, however, Brautigam is also a talented interpreter and his playing here is ideally adapted to Haydn. His early sonatas are breezy, his middle sonatas witty, and his late sonatas are, in terms of style and substance, the equal of any Mozart ever wrote for the instrument. Some might wish Brautigam had taken a less severe approach to works such as the Andante con variazioni (Hob. XVII:6) and the Seven Last Words (Hob. XX:1), but few could wish for performances of the three Bossler sonatas with more sparkle and brilliance. Though surely not for everyone – those intimidated by either the size of the package or the sound of the fortepiano will probably want to pass – any hardcore Haydn fan could hardly be more pleased with the prospect.

Full Tracklist:

CD 1:
Sonata No.1 in G major, Hob.XVI:8
1. I. Allegro 2.10
2. II. Menuet 0.56
3. III. Andante 1.02
4. IV. Allegro 0.36

Sonata No.2 in C major, Hob.XVI:7
5. I. Allegro moderato 1.05
6. II. Menuet - Trio 2.05
7. III. Finale. Allegro 1.20

Sonata No.3 in F major, Hob.XVI:9
8. I. Allegro 2.02
9. II. Menuet - Trio 2.46
10. III. Scherzo. Allegro 0.47

Sonata No.4 in G major, Hob.XVI:G1
11. I. Allegro 3.25
12. II. Menuetto/Trio 2.23
13. III. Finale. Presto 1.21

Sonata No.5 in G major, Hob.XVI:11
14. I. Presto 1.23
15. II. Andante 4.21
16. III. Menuet - Trio 2.31

Sonata No.6 in C major, Hob.XVI:10
17. I. Moderato 3.10
18. II. Menuet - Trio 2.45
19. III. Finale. Presto 2.45

Sonata No.7 in D major, Hob.XVI:D1
20. Tema. Moderato – Variation 1 – Variation 2 – Variation 3 3.42
21. II. Menuet 0.52
22. III. Finale. Allegro 1.41

Sonata No.8 in A major, Hob.XVI:5
23. I. Allegro 5.54
24. II. Menuet - Trio 2.13
25. III. Presto 3.34

Sonata No.9 in D major, Hob.XVI:4
26. I. [Moderato] 5.13
27. II. Menuet - Trio 2.42

CD 2:
Sonata No.10 in C major, Hob.XVI:1
1. I. Allegro 2.50
2. II. Adagio 2.50
3. III. Menuet - Trio 2.38

Sonata No.11 in B flat major, Hob.XVI:2
4. I. Moderato 6.34
5. II. Largo 4.54
6. III. Menuet - Trio 3.29

Sonata No.12 in A major, Hob.XVI:12
7. I. Andante 4.24
8. II. Menuet - Trio 3.01
9. III. Finale. Allegro molto 1.30

Sonata No.13 in G major, Hob.XVI:6
10. I. Allegro 5.41
11. II. Menuet - Trio 3.34
12. III. Adagio 2.58
13. IV. Finale. Allegro molto 2.18

Sonata No.14 in C major, Hob.XVI:3
14. I. Allegretto 4.15
15. II. Andante 5.24
16. III. Menuet - Trio 2.46

Sonata No.15 in E major, Hob.XVI:13
17. I. Moderato 4.26
18. II. Menuet - Trio 2.37
19. III. Finale. Presto 2.28

CD 3:
Sonata No.16 in D major, Hob.XVI:14
1. I. Allegro moderato 6.36
2. II. Menuet - Trio 3.15
3. III. Finale. Presto [Allegro] 3.01

Sonata No.17 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:Es2
4. I. Moderato 7.25
5. II. Andante 4.20
6. III. Menuetto - Trio 2.58

Sonata No.18 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:Es3
7. I. Allegro 8.22
8. II. Menuetto - Trio 3.22

Sonata No.19 in E minor, Vol./Cf. Hob. XIV/47
9. I. Adagio 4.22
10. II. Allegro 5.00
11. III. Finale. Tempo di Menuet 3.12

Sonata No.20 in B flat major, Hob.XVI:18
12. I. Allegro moderato 7.08
13. II. Moderato 9.08

CD 4:
Sonata No.28 in D major, Hob. XVI:5a
1. I. Moderato 7.18
2. II. Menuet - Trio 5.08

Sonata No.29 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:45
3. I. Moderato 9.16
4. II. Andante 8.15
5. III. Finale. Allegro di molto 5.13

Sonata No.30 in D major, Hob. XVI:19
6. I. Moderato 10.43
7. II. Andante 12.08
8. III. Finale. Allegro assai 2.58

CD 5:
Sonata No.31 in A flat major, Hob. XVI:46
1. I. Allegro moderato 12.31
2. II. Adagio 9.42
3. III. Finale. Presto 3.51

Sonata No.32 in G minor, Hob. XVI:44
4. I. Moderato 10.15
5. II. Allegretto 3.42

Sonata No.33 in C minor, Hob. XVI:20
6. I. Moderato 11.52
7. II. Andante con moto 7.29
8. III. Finale. Allegro 6.21

CD 6:
Sonata No.34 in D major, Hob. XVI:33
1. I. Allegro 8.22
2. II. Adagio 5.01
3. III. Tempo di Menuet 3.52

Sonata No.35 in A flat major, Hob. XVI:43
4. I. Moderato 8.49
5. II. Menuetto – Trio 2.05
6. III. Rondo 4.07

Sonata No.36 in C major, Hob. XVI:21
7. I. Allegro 8.15
8. II. Adagio 7.53
9. III. Finale. Presto 2.42

Sonata No.37 in E major, Hob. XVI:22
10. I. Allegro moderato 8.07
11. II. Andante 6.08
12. III. Finale. Tempo di Menuet 3.36

CD 7:
Sonata No.38 in F major, Hob. XVI:23
1. I. [Moderato] 7.12
2. II. Adagio 6.41
3. III. Finale. Presto 3.15

Sonata No.39 in D major, Hob. XVI:24
4. I. Allegro 7.12
5. II. Adagio 3.32
6. III. Finale. Presto 2.09

Sonata No.40 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:25
7. I. Moderato 8.49
8. II. Tempo di Menuet 2.05

Sonata No.41 in A major, Hob. XVI:26
9. I. Allegro moderato 8.33
10. II. Menuet al rovescio – Trio (al rovescio) 2.21
11. III. Finale. Presto 0.44

Sonata No.42 in G major, Hob. XVI:27
12. I. Allegro 5.00
13. II. Menuet - Trio 4.20
14. III. Finale. Presto 2.46

CD 8:
Sonata No.43 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:28
1. I. Allegro moderato 9.00
2. II. Menuet - Trio 3.17
3. III. Finale. Presto 3.07

Sonata No.44 in F major, Hob. XVI:29
4. I. Moderato 8.16
5. II. Adagio 5.08
6. III. Tempo di Menuet 4.17

Sonata No.45 in A major, Hob. XVI:30
7. I. Allegro – II. Adagio 6.18
8. III. Tempo di Menuet 6.09

Sonata No.46 in E major, Hob. XVI:31
9. I. Moderato 7.14
10. II. Allegretto 2.40
11. III. Finale. Presto 1.57

Sonata No.47 in B minor, Hob. XVI:32
12. I. Allegro moderato 7.30
13. II. Menuet. Tempo di Menuet 3.12
14. III. Finale. Presto 4.08

CD 9:
Sonata No.48 in C major, Hob. XVI:35
1. I. Allegro con brio 7.24
2. II. Adagio 6.22
3. III. Finale. Allegro 2.40

Sonata No.49 in C sharp minor, Hob. XVI:36
4. I. Moderato 10.15
5. II. Scherzando. Allegro con brio 2.47
6. III. Menuet. Moderato 3.22

Sonata No.50 in D major, Hob. XVI:37
7. I. Allegro con brio 5.49
8. II. Largo e sostenuto 2.32
9. III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo 2.39

Sonata No.51 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:38
10. I. Allegro moderato 8.52
11. II. Adagio 3.53
12. III. Finale. Allegro 2.42

Sonata No.52 in G major, Hob. XVI:39
13. I. Allegro con brio 3.51
14. II. Adagio 6.18
15. III. Prestissimo 3.53

CD 10:
Sonata No.53 in E minor, Hob. XVI:34
1. I. Presto 4.45
2. II. Adagio 4.51
3. III. Vivace molto 3.07

Sonata No.54 in G major, Hob. XVI:40
4. I. Allegretto innocente 7.25
5. II. Presto 2.41

Sonata No.55 in B flat major, Hob. XVI:41
6. I. Allegro 8.31
7. II. Allegro di molto 2.06

Sonata No.56 in D major, Hob. XVI:42
8. I. Andante con espressione 8.52
9. II. Vivace assai 2.40

Sonata No.57 in F major, Hob. XVI:47
10. I. Moderato 6.56
11. II. Larghetto 4.32
12. III. Allegro 4.52

Sonata No.58 in C major, Hob. XVI:48
13. I. Andante con espressione 7.22
14. II. Rondo. Presto 3.30

CD 11:
Sonata No.59 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:49 (.Genzinger Sonata.)
1. I. Allegro 10.34
2. II. Adagio e cantabile 8.04
3. III. Finale. Tempo di Minuet 3.56

Sonata No.60 in C major, Hob. XVI:50
4. I. Allegro 11.40
5. II. Adagio 5.18
6. III. Allegro molto 1.59

Sonata No.61 in D major, Hob. XVI:51
7. I. Andante 3.52
8. II. Finale. Presto 1.33

Sonata No.62 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:52
9. I. Allegro 8.02
10. II. Adagio 6.00
11. III. Finale. Presto 4.32

CD 12:
1. Capriccio „Acht Sauschneider müssen seyn“ in G major, Hob.XVII:1 7.16
2. Arietta con 12 variazioni in E flat major, Hob.XVII:3 13.59
3. Arietta con 12 variazioni in A major, Hob.XVII:2 9.21
4. Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4 5.33
5. 6 leichte Variationen in C major, Hob.XVII:5 7.38
6. Andante con variazioni in F minor, Hob.XVII:6 14.58
7. Adagio in F major, Hob.XVII:9 4.14

CD 13:
1. 20 Variationen in G major, Hob.XVII:2 14.50
2. Andante con variazioni in D major, Hob.XVII:7 4.11
3. Andantino (Allegretto) con variazioni in A major 4.47
4. Allegretto in G major, Hob.XVII:10 1.47
5. Andante con variazioni in B flat major, Hob.XVII:12 5.30
6. Aria con variazioni in C major, Hob.XVII:15 5.03
7. Adagio in G major, Hob.XV/22II 4.39
8. Allegretto con variazioni in A major, Hob.XVII?A3 6.12
9. Allegretto in G major, Hob.III:41IV 2.14
10. Variationen über die Hymne „Gott erhalte Franz, den Kaiser“ in G major 5.09
11. Il Maestro e lo Scolare in F major, Hob.XVIIa/1 8.22

CD 14:
1. 12 Menuette, Hob.IX:11 23.05
13. 12 Deutsche Tänze, Hob.IX:12 7.37
25. 12 Menuette, Hob.IX:3 13.40
37. 12 Menuette, Hob.IX:8 14.55
49. 2 Märsche (for Sir Henry Harpur), Hob.VIII:1 3.02
51. Marsch, Hob.VIII:3/3bis 3.50
52. Kontretanz, Hob.XXXI:c:17b 0.33

CD 15:
Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze
1. IIntrada [L.Introduzione]. Maestoso e Adagio 6.29
2. Sonata I. Largo 6.33
3. Sonata II. Grave e Cantabile 8.47
4. Sonata III. Grave 9.00
5. Sonata IV. Largo 8.19
6. Sonata V. Adagio 8.23
7. Sonata VI. Lento 7.48
8. Sonata VII. Largo 7.41
9. Il Terremoto. Presto 1.47

Discography Box Sets MP3 320 CBR 2000s Classical

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