Five years after a critically acclaimed trilogy of recitals devoted to the piano sonatas, Alain Planès was keen to round off his portrait of Haydn with the composer reigning supreme over the genre in the final decade of the eighteenth century – his very last sonatas foreshadow the art of Beethoven and even Schubert...
JOSEPH HAYDN [1732-1809] Piano Sonata no.58 Hob.XVI:48 in C major / Ut majeur / C-dur · I. Andante con espressione (8'11) · II. Rondo (Presto) (4'21) Piano Sonata no.59 Hob.XVI:49 in E flat major / Mi bémol majeur / Es-dur · I. Allegro (8'11) · II. Adagio e cantabile (8'57) · III. Tempo di Menuet (4'37) Piano Sonata no.60XVI:50 in C major / Ut majeur / C-dur · I. Allegro (8'49) · II. Adagio (6'19) · III. Allegro molto (2'35) Piano Sonata no.62 Hob.XVI:52 in E flat major / Mi bémol majeur / Es-dur · I. Allegro (8'26) · II. Adagio (7'06) · III. Presto (5'49)
