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Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 43, 44 and 47 / Un Piccolo Divertimento

11/16/2006, 10 Tracks, 1:04:57

Featuring

  • Rachel Heard
  • Joseph Haydn

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in August 1998 at Emory & Henry College Chapel in Emory, Virginia, USA.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Haydn explored the dynamic capabilities of the new fortepiano instrument in the sonatas presented on this album.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The fortepiano used on this recording was completed in 1992 by Thomas and Barbara Wolf and modeled after an instrument built by Johann Schantz around 1800.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Franz Joseph Haydn's keyboard sonatas were written during a period when the harpsichord was being replaced by the more expressive fortepiano.

Source: Booklet

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