Haydn: Late Piano Works (2009)

Haydn's late piano sonatas, like other keyboard works of the High Classical period, have been played on the fortepiano often enough, but British keyboardist Gary Cooper (now there's a marquee-ready name) suggests here that he is offering something more: "a perfect marriage of instrument and composer's music," capable of expressing the "infinitesimal [he may well have meant 'infinite' here] subtlety of expression, inflection, dynamic range, colour, and every mood under the sun" in Haydn's music. The instrument involved is a ... Read More

Haydn's late piano sonatas, like other keyboard works of the High Classical period, have been played on the fortepiano often enough, but British keyboardist Gary Cooper (now there's a marquee-ready name) suggests here that he is offering something more: "a perfect marriage of instrument and composer's music," capable of expressing the "infinitesimal [he may well have meant 'infinite' here] subtlety of expression, inflection, dynamic range, colour, and every mood under the sun" in Haydn's music. The instrument involved is a 1785 Walter fortepiano from Vienna, now housed in a Dutch collection. It might have been nice to learn a bit more about its history, for whoever restored it did a superb job. There is little in the way of extraneous noise to put off the listener who is new to the fortepiano. Cooper delivers on his ambitions for the performance and the praise he heaps on the instrument. His are expressive readings, with lots of use of the pedal and emphasis on sustained-note effects. More than in... Read Less

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