Hamelin is such an impressive champion of the 19th-century, high-Romantic piano repertory, with the technique and the musical temperament to match, that it comes as a bit of surprise to find that he is such a persuasive interpreter of Haydn's mostly modest sonatas. This is his second collection of them to appear in this Haydn anniversary year; there are 10 more on these two discs, though one of those, the sonata Un Piccolo Divertimento, is better known as the Variations in F minor, one of the most celebrated and forward- looking of Haydn's keyboard works. In fact, Hamelin's account of that work is one of the less convincing pieces in what is a marvellously polished collection of performances; there's something a bit too strait-laced about his presentation of the variations, a bit too much classical restraint in a work that anticipates the 19th century so strikingly. In the sonatas proper, though, he is a model of correctness, with enough wit, exuberance and the most exquisite lightness of touches to keep the music buoyant. Hamelin may not probe these works in the way that, for instance, Brendel's recordings do, but his approach is just as valid.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/31/haydn-piano-sonatas-cd-review
The Guardian's review
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