Haydn: Piano Sonata in A, Hob XVI:30; Piano Sonata in D, Hob XVI:42; Piano Sonata in E flat, Hob XVI:49; Piano Sonata in C, Hob XVI:50

Anyone who thinks that a fortepiano by definition lacks expressive potential may get quite a shock listening to this. Beghin, a young American, here plays an 1815 Broadwood and delivers these four Haydn sonatas with an inspiring freshness and a terrific sense of drama, especially in the C major, which emerges as positively Beethovenian. Happy proof that scholarship, technical brilliance and downright musicality are not mutually exclusive. Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:08 pm

COMPOSERS: Haydn
LABELS: Eufoda
WORKS: Piano Sonata in A, Hob XVI:30; Piano Sonata in D, Hob XVI:42; Piano Sonata in E flat, Hob XVI:49; Piano Sonata in C, Hob XVI:50
PERFORMER: Tom Beghin (fortepiano)
CATALOGUE NO: NUGI 017 DDD

Anyone who thinks that a fortepiano by definition lacks expressive potential may get quite a shock listening to this. Beghin, a young American, here plays an 1815 Broadwood and delivers these four Haydn sonatas with an inspiring freshness and a terrific sense of drama, especially in the C major, which emerges as positively Beethovenian. Happy proof that scholarship, technical brilliance and downright musicality are not mutually exclusive. Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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