Daniel-Ben Pienaar has made complete recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and Goldberg Variations, as well as sonata cycles by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.
Critical Reception
The image of Joseph Haydn has undergone enormous swings over the last 250 years, from his successes in England to his declining fortunes in the 19th century, and a reappraisal in the 20th century that faded the image of 'Papa Haydn'.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in a series of overnight sessions in late 2020, with no engineer or producer present, using a single pair of suspended omni-directional microphones.
Composition History
This album includes 39 authenticated multi-movement solo keyboard works by Joseph Haydn from 1765 onwards, and nine earlier works that are widely presumed to be his.
Performer Biography
Daniel-Ben Pienaar, the performer, is known for his individual interpretations of German piano classics and for playing an extensive repertoire of pre-Bach works on the piano.
Performer Biography
Daniel-Ben Pienaar is an elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, where he lectures, and a Professor of the University of London.
Composition History
Four of the early sonatas on this album are listed in Joseph Haydn's own Entwurf-Katalog, a draft catalogue from 1765 intended as an unambiguous list of his works.
