Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob XVI:52 (Haydn)
from Handel & Haydn: Angela Hewitt plays Handel & Haydn (CDA67736)
1 Allegro moderato [7'59]
2 Adagio [6'22]
3 Finale: Presto [5'52]
20 minutes 13 seconds 3 tracks
‘Hewitt distils the essence of the original instruments without compromising her out-and-out commitment to the modern keyboard … the large-scale Haydn E flat Sonata is superb, above all the middl ...
‘Everything emerges with an impressive combination of clarity and vitality … the programme is unique to the current catalogue, and Hewitt's favoured Fazioli instrument has been recorded with supe ...
‘What intrigues me most about Angela Hewitt's playing is the tension between the expressive restrictions of her 18th-century repertoire, and the imagination she deploys so fully within its boundaries ...