Haydn Piano Concertos performed by Andreas Staier
Published:
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
Authors
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.