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Byron
Schenkman,
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Joseph
Haydn: Six Sonatas and an Adagio
Centaur Records, CRC
2806
Also available at Amazon.com
“Elegance, wit, and refinement are all evident in these performances. I cannot remember enjoying Haydn as much since the five volumes Gilbert Kalish recorded for Nonesuch back in the 1970s”
(James Harrington, American Record Guide)
“Byron Schenkman's solid technique, warm tone, and sound musical instincts hold much to admire in the six Haydn sonatas he has chosen for this recital. The slow movements especially stand out in regard to Schenkman's beautiful legato touch and the subtle contours he effects between the right-hand melodies and left-hand accompaniments”
(Jed Distler, Classics Today)
“(Schenkman) combines the virtues of piano and fortepiano effectively here,
offering light, exact readings that use the modern piano to emphasize an interpretive point...
this is a rich program of Haydn's keyboard music, just the sort that's needed to raise its profile
to that of his great works in other media. ” (James Manheim, All Music Guide)
“Schenkman's touch remains true to
Haydn's spirit: feathery, lithe, and delightfully precise”
(Christopher DeLaurenti, The Stranger)
“A new CD of Haydn, on the Centaur
label, demonstrates Schenkman's imaginative, cleanly
articulated form in six sonatas plus the G Major Adagio
” (Melinda Bargreen, Seattle Times)
HARPSICHORD DISCOGRAPHY
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