Haydn’s career coincided with changes in the standard keyboard as the fortepiano, and then the pianoforte, replaced the harpsichord and clavichord. This album reflects these changes. Haydn probably wrote the charming 5 Variationen in D major for the harpsichord around the mid-1750s while the Fantasia in C major, with abundant hand crossings and effects, was intended to exploit the particular sonority of the fortepiano. In 1792 he wrote new dances for a Viennese masked ball and the Empress herself asked for keyboard arrangements which Haydn provided in the shape of the sparkling Deutsche Tanze and Menuetti.
Haydn: Adagio in G major (Original Version of Hob.XV/22II)Haydn: Andante con variazioni in D major, Hob.XVII/7Haydn: Derbyshire Marches Nos. 1 & 2Haydn: Deutsche Tanze (12), Hob.IX:12Haydn: Fantasy in C major Hob XVII/4Haydn: Minuets (12), Hob.IX:8Haydn: Minuets (18), Hob.IX:20 and Hob XVII/F1Haydn: Piano Trio No. 36 in E flat major, Hob.XV:22
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