These chamber pieces by Haydn, likely composed around 1770, have received remarkably few serious recordings. There are various reasons for this, including a probably mistaken belief that they were pedagogical works, and (probably most important) uncertainty as to what instruments were intended. The only autograph is a part for violin alone for two of the sonatas, probably intended for a performance. The six sonatas were popular, and publishers brought them out in versions for two violins or violin and bass, as well as the ...
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These chamber pieces by Haydn, likely composed around 1770, have received remarkably few serious recordings. There are various reasons for this, including a probably mistaken belief that they were pedagogical works, and (probably most important) uncertainty as to what instruments were intended. The only autograph is a part for violin alone for two of the sonatas, probably intended for a performance. The six sonatas were popular, and publishers brought them out in versions for two violins or violin and bass, as well as the violin and viola configuration heard here. At any rate, this version by German historical-performance specialists Anton Steck and Christian Goosses is most welcome, for these sonatas had more to do with Haydn's great leaps forward in the roughly contemporaneous Op. 9 and Op 17 sets of string quartets than did most of the other assorted duos and trios from the first part of Haydn's career. The movement structure belongs more to the world of occasional music, with all six sonatas ending...
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