Haydn Piano Concertos performed by Andreas Staier

Haydn Piano Concertos performed by Andreas Staier

Why are Haydn’s concertos so dull? Apart from the last ‘Hungarian’ movement of the Third Concerto, this is a boring though well-executed disc.

Michael Tanner

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: July 11, 2017 at 8:00 am

COMPOSERS: Haydn
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
ALBUM TITLE: Haydn
WORKS: Piano Concertos: in G, HOB. XVIII:4; in F, Hob.XVIII:6; in D, Hob.XVIII:11
PERFORMER: Andreas Staier (piano); Freiburger Barockorchester/Von der Goltz
CATALOGUE NO: HMG 501854 (2004)




Why are Haydn’s concertos so dull? Apart from the last ‘Hungarian’ movement of the Third Concerto, this is a boring though well-executed disc.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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