Unlike Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's more uniform sonatas, Joseph Haydn's piano sonatas are a diverse collection, with early works being simpler and later ones more texturally advanced.
Performer Biography
Won-Sook Hur's album of Bach's Goldberg Variations was named 'Supersonic Album of February 2019' by Pizzicato magazine and nominated for the 2019 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).
Performer Biography
Won-Sook Hur has performed with numerous symphony orchestras internationally, including the Oradea National Orchestra in Rumania and the Shanghai Radio Symphonic Orchestra.
Performer Biography
Won-Sook Hur, the Korean pianist on this album, was appointed professor by the Department of Music of Hoseo University in Korea in 1988.
Recording & Production
This album is the culmination of 'The Haydn Project' by Won-Sook Hur, a five-year recording endeavor to capture all of Haydn's piano sonatas across ten discs.
Composition History
Joseph Haydn's works were initially catalogued by the composer himself, but today a more accurate list by Anthony van Hoboken, who worked on it for decades, is used.
Composition History
It is generally assumed that Joseph Haydn composed between fifty-five and fifty-six piano sonatas, though the exact number remains difficult to determine.
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