Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata nº 59 in E flat, Hob. XVI:49

Alfred Brendel, piano
By the late 1780s, Haydn's works for keyboard were clearly intended for the piano as opposed to the harpsichord. His exploitation of the dynamic potential of the relatively new piano grows with each of his last sonatas.
Until Beethoven's middle-period sonatas, Classical-era works for solo keyboard were very often written for a composer's students and were intended to stress certain aspects of technique. At the time, the concerto was the vehicle for the performing virtuoso. Haydn was never a keyboard virtuoso, but had a number of students for whom he composed piano sonatas. The wide range of ability among his students accounts for the disparate levels of sophistication and technical difficulty we find among the surviving sonatas, most of which were written before 1770. Some of these works have been lost because Haydn gave the manuscripts to his students without making copies. A few of Haydn's sonatas, however, were not composed for his students.
The Sonata in E flat major, H. 16:49, was composed for Marianne von Genzinger, the wife of the Esterházy family physician. Haydn's relationship with Genzinger may have grown from a mutual affinity for things musical, but it seems certain from some the composer's letters that the relationship grew into some version of love. However, most of the composer's communications to Genzinger, although in a more relaxed style than those to others, are discreet, often discussing musical issues. Concerning the E flat sonata, Haydn referred to the second movement, an Adagio, as "quite new...it contains many things I shall analyze for Your Grace when the time comes; it is rather difficult but full of feeling."
The E flat major sonata is also a fairly late work, completed in 1790. It shares a certain intimate style with other works directed toward Genzinger, but is quite Beethovenian in some respects. (In general, Haydn's late keyboard sonatas are among his most forward-looking works, and perhaps those in which his influence upon Beethoven is most visible.) The first movement, in sonata form, is marked Allegro non troppo and moves forward quickly in a bouncing triple meter. Compared to those of the symphonies Haydn composed during this same period, the transition between key areas is brief. We hear a plethora of material on the secondary key, B flat major, most of which shows up in the extensive development. In the recapitulation, the transition, as usual, resolves the secondary material to the tonic. A coda develops transitional material on its way to a firm close-a procedure Beethoven would borrow from Haydn and expand upon.
The exquisite Adagio cantabile is an ABA structure in B flat major with highly decorated thematic material. Touches of the tonic minor add a melancholic feel to the movement, while numerous runs suggest that Genzinger had a formidable technique.
Haydn composed a large Minuet with two Trio sections as the finale of the E flat major sonata. Everything begins conventionally enough: the Minuet follows the traditional pattern of repetition, with the first part consisting of an eight-measure phrase that closes on the dominant. The first Trio opens with a theme built of descending scales, which contrast with the rising figures of the second part. After the Trio we hear a literal return to the Minuet, as we expect, but only the first part appears and it turns out to be a bridge to the second Trio, in E flat minor. This in turn is followed by a slightly varied reprise of the entire first Minuet section in E flat major.

[@jcsmith3702]

Haydn is clearly underrated as a solo piano composer, but the number of moods and changes in register is amazing. This sonata shifts from being playful to being profound with ease. It has a dance within it also. Brendel is a man who follows the score closely, a rare thing nowadays. You can learn from watching and listening to him, but what he does looks a lot easier than it is. A master!

[@Viscamo]

He is NOT underrated. What are you talking about

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Viscamo I suspect that almost all the ‘underrated’, and similar comments found on KZbin originate from the US. In spite of some of the greatest Haydn scholars of the past 75 years emanating from that country, the general level of knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the composer appears to be markedly less than in Europe and elsewhere.

[@francoriva55]

Yes . To me underrated ! Very few concertos include Haydn pieces. Gould and Richter say that Haydn is greater than Mozart in piano sonatas !!!!

[@francoriva55]

@@Viscamo why haydn is not pliaed frequently !?

[@BrucknerMotet]

@@elaineblackhurst1509 Quite true. Everything you wrote. I still get puzzled looks from instrumental musicians when I casually mention all that Haydn contributed in elevating the sonata and symphony to the fore. And let's also remember that the assumption that each and every human being capable of commenting on KZbin has a built-in 100% accurate understanding baked into their DNA of all the objectively true and confirmed "ratings" of all piano composers throughout history, including the worldwide averages in any given time period or range, and the true and accurate numbers for each continent, nation, state, region, locality etc, is in point of fact an exceedingly unreliable one, and we must admit of at least some doubt in the proposition that there should be (and that there even can be) a solid mutual agreement between all observers on each commenter's attempt to put forth the true and accurate ratings that apply equally to all of us (as if such a state of affairs could ever come into being).

[@davidyi272]

1st movement 0:14 2nd movement: 8:02 3rd movement 17:27

[@Pancake13142Potato]

You just copy me.

[@aldocupane]

Una splendida esecuzione, bellissimo suono, rotondo e caldo, gran gusto nel fraseggio ed equilibrio in tempi e dinamiche: un vero Maestro

[@aldocupane]

@user-yp2mw2ko9k 😀

[@claudeleason]

This is the exact sonata that dragged me into classical music world back then.

[@francoriva55]

Oh.! Mr Brendel . You are a fantastic musician, before to be an extraordinary pianist ! Thank you for your effort to explore the soul of our misic geniusues !!!@

[@rickos1915]

One of those rare performers who can actually make a piano feel loved.

[@HelicopterShownUp]

Are you a piano?

[@queenieliang7665]

HelicopterShownUp lol good one

[@chilli0824]

HelicopterShownUp. Stop being stupid.

[@InvestingForTomorrow24]

True in the sense that one establishes a rapport with an instrument in order to perfect the sound.

[@michaelp998]

I’m in awe of any one who plays a musical instrument….i know nothing about how one constructs a tune, timing, placing of notes, and actual reading of a music sheet. Keep playing, as I think you’re brilliant!

[@metteholm4833]

THE best Haydn interpreter, I know of. Thank you Mr. Brendel

[@Olegstuff21986]

One of the best, but there are many other great Haydn interpreters, for eg. Gould, Horowitz, Schirmer, Richter and Gulda.

[@Whatismusic123]

​@@Olegstuff21986gould is terrible

[@simonemeloni6399]

J'adore cette sonate et je trouve l'interprétation tellement juste, pas trop rapide... souvent c'est joué trop vite. Mais là toute l'âme de Haydn est présente. Merci Mr BRENDEL.

[@ralphberney7768]

Old hands, make light of work (wonderful hands literally), give Haydn's impulsive yet free, fragile creativity such beauty, youth, and freshness too. Yet, underlying all is a profundity of feeling, a sense our precariousness, those dear old hands catch so well.

[@twins_pianochannel2481]

8:00 second movement 17:26 third movement

[@clowndriver5576]

That second movement dou so dope

[@avplays8004]

@@clowndriver5576 I'm playing them now. Hope I can be as good UwU

[@SvendleBerries]

11:57 "Listen, Louie...theres life, in these old hands, still..."

[@danialbrown6068]

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[@tristanperotti433]

Is this what he was playing? It definitely sounds like it but I haven't watched the movie in a while. lol. I though it was kind of a facsimile of it.

[@ahmedsalim3453]

I've been looking for this piece for so long, I finally found it.

[@journeymancellist9247]

@@tristanperotti433I’m assuming this refers to a movie? Mind sharing which one?

[@diegodeaza4543]

@@journeymancellist9247interview with the vampire

[@yumetsu8780]

This performance is wonderful. You can feel the running of notes so smoothly as if on water. The calmness and tranquility of it is beyond measure. Simply AMAZING!!!

[@BESTOFCLASSICALMUSIC]

I agree, this is the best performance of the Piano Sonata No 59 that I've listened to on KZbin.

[@johnbogle59]

I would have thought running on graphite, as in absolutely frictionless , which is what I’m sure Yumetsu means.

[@ewhyte8059]

Alfred Brendel climbs into the skin (figuratively) of the composer and his unravelling of nuances is masterfully earnest in sincerity.I am sure Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Herr Haydn himself gave the nod of approval on this rendition wherever they are listening in from.

[@genoneill8473]

I totally agree with you. Such a brilliant performance

[@remomazzetti8757]

For those who love Haydn's great but frequently ignored piano sonatas, I recommend his great series if Trios for Piano, Violin, and Cello. They contain some his greatest instrumental music, and his most virtuosic piano writing.

[@heinzblod3193]

This is the best interpration of haydn i've ever heard. this kind of sound is such amazing. Awesome Brendel

[@yuihirasawa01]

A beautiful sonata by Joseph Haydn performed by Alfred Brendel. What a classical morning for me indeed. The movie Interview With The Vampire brought me here!

[@back2backband1]

you are hot girl!

[@authenticmusic4815]

@@back2backband1 lmfaoooooo

[@bigdick3228]

@@back2backband1 yes, i suppose if she is the one in the picture she is attractive lady.

[@88Cardey]

Listen, Louis. There's life in these old hands still. Not quite Furioso. Moderato? Cantabile, perhaps.

[@Louceph]

Just so wonderful. There is a lifetime of triumph and tragedy in the second movement -- if you really listen, Haydn and Brendel tell you more about their lives than any words ever could.

[@ewhyte8059]

I am not a Haydn aficionado because he lived for such a long time as composers of old go,consequently his works are exceeding voluminous yet the second movement that you so aptly elaborated upon is one of my all-time favourite treasured discoveries.I never tire of hearing it. I grasped the-essence of a great composers sentimental reflections. As for Alfred Brendel fine wines don’t come finer.

[@sinivet]

@@ewhyte8059 how a huge work could be a bad thing?

[@ewhyte8059]

@@sinivet not a bad thing just so much material to listen to along with many other outstanding composers.

[@kerryrusso9995]

There are measures where Haydn peeks far into the future. Finest playing imaginable.

[@alexanderhorejs1084]

this is performed so crystal clear - instant goosebumps @ 11:57

[@karaphantomhive1602]

This was played by Lestat in Interview with the Vampire

[@very-sadgoldfish2264]

I'll be completely honest. I only came here for Lestat's part, and I fell in love with the whole piece.

[@Michàel-k2o2n]

Haydn is Sublime Beautiful Melodic Inventive Fascinating as Always!!! Mr. Brendel is probably the 2nd Best Haydn player after the also Very Good Emmanuel Ax!!! May God Bless y'all Richly and Jesus Peace!!! ❤😮😂🎉

[@eddiegalon3714]

Alfred plays with such feeling. Such a soft touch. Brilliant.

[@МаринаТитова-с9е]

Поражает неиссякаемая изобретательность Гайдна, как композитора! Исполнение просто замечательное!

[@cooldude5699]

What great rubato and insight! Not many pianists are at this level of artistry.

[@elliekim9075]

the most clean and smooth version of the sonata I have ever saw... luv it

[@musicandliterature47]

Alfred Brendel is a giant among contemporary musicians. His performance of this glorious late Haydn sonata is simply sublime. For anyone interested, he has recorded a selection of this composer’s works for solo piano for Philips. The box-set in question contains Haydn’s wonderful Variations in f minor.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

MusicandLiterature This sonata, astonishingly, is not as ‘late’ as some imagine; the outer movements were written in 1789, the now very well-known (post-Lestat) slow movement in early 1790, in other words, whilst Haydn was still at Eszterhaza before the death of Prince Nicholas and well before the visits to England.

[@nicknick6128]

Прекрасное произведение и прекрасное исполнение. Можно слушать и слушать с огромным удовольствием. Эта музыка вечная. Гайдн безусловно гений. Привет из Киева.

[@markchambers-bray5004]

Am learning this piece at the moment and there couldn't be a better example of how to play it than Mr. Brendel's interpretation.

[@KamalaLooi]

I agree, I played this for my exam piece few years back. This video helps a lot, I love his interpretation! 💖👏👏👏

[@chiefofhunger131]

Haydn's influence on Beethoven is unmistakable

[@sarahnikolaievsky1002]

This rendition by Alfred Brendel of the Hayden sonata is a gift of joy to us and to posterity.

[@jonathanveale119]

Amazing how Alfred Brendel always appeared to make the piano sing rather than simply knock off the notes.

[@Rx-mn5fv]

A marvelous piano sonata that, for me, can take its place alongside many Mozart and some Beethoven sonatas. The contrasting section in the second movement is sheer magic with its controlled yet penetrating emotion. Beautifully played by! Brendel

[@jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez]

La riqueza espiritual de Haydn queda patentada en esta sonata. El piano solo es el medio trasmisor de ese enorme capital. Esencia elevada, en un tiempo que le resultó propicio. Brendel, un ejecutor sereno, entregado en su ejecución. Ellos dos, diseñan un mundo maravilloso, serenidad y belleza.

[@CapitanAdHominem]

Que tiene de espiritual?

[@jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez]

@@CapitanAdHominem ... en subsidio o supletoria mente, no la consideres 'espiritual' sino más bien "esencial" ! ... 👀🙏🎶🎵🕊️♥️👍 ...

[@johannsebastienbach]

3rd movement is legend. even mozart can't think of stuff like that to be honest. the change of keys on the fifth bar onwards is subtle. and they it switches between major and minor is simply maestro

[@joelrigal4622]

+johannsebastienbach But... Haydn is a great Maestro, a genius in history of music. For ever.

[@mario6279]

To be fair Mozart and Bethoven were influenced by Joseph Haydn and his brother Michael Haydn.

[@johannsebastienbach]

i know that. but mozart is more famous. im just saying mozart conposed lots of average pieces

[@bethhill6844]

Please tell me how you can possibly dislike this performance by probably the greatest interpreter of Haydn/Mozart & Beethoven that we have ever had!! N.Hill GTCL(Hons) LTCL PGCE(Mus)

[@markharmon2995]

I mean....who gives this a thumbs down? Is that for Haydn or the pianist or the film quality or the sound or...just cuz they're having a bad day?

[@francoistoussaint8365]

All classic piano players on this tube are great. Very often I give a thumb up or nothing at all! Brendel is a great artist, a 'pure' player.

[@stevenxia2944]

AAH Replies or from New Zealand.

[@walt686868]

Or maybe because they are ass holes? 🤠

[@Galantski]

Cuz only them having a bad day makes any sense.

[@jrodriguezpiano]

Mark Harmon because they want to. They dont need your permission to have their own opinion.

[@mikestewart6517]

Bravo Maestro, bravo! Around the world listeners are in awe of your incredible intuition and mastery of the instrument, the composition, and our own experience of it. Many thanks and again: Bravo!

[@hermanbrauner1318]

Timeless music, this could help for healing purposes, breakdowns and other calamities, a moment of eternity.

[@pianoforever100]

What a great artist, and how endearing is this man, with his appearance of wise clueless! Plays abstracted but not distant. Has something that makes him familiar and close, as a father, as a friend... I'd be listening to him hours and hours.

[@21wunderkind]

Brendel captures the elegance, the wit and the wisdom of Haydn like noone else!

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

This piano's action seems so very crisp and responsive. There's very little, if any, bounce detected in the keys, even during fast passages. Closeup shots in this video are so very gratifying to watch!

[@LouisDefaux]

Discovered when I watched a movie and I liked that marvellous melody immediately!!!!!!!

[@Galantski]

Brendel has such a way with Haydn. Always a pleasure to hear his recordings.

[@rallentanda]

Maestro Brendel has a way with everything !

[@manfredwilhelmy7634]

Un gran maestro interpreta magistralmente esta sonata de Haydn, cuya obra para piano merece ser más conocida

[@4236il]

잘 감상하고 갑니다^^ 귀가 호강하고 갑니다^^ 좋아요 꾹~~누르고 가염^^

[@seanmchugh840]

Superb playing, keeping to the music’s unrushed tranquility, clipped intensity and exquisite chordal interest while looking to romanticism in perfect taste and balance; a spacious acoustic but this is ravishing Haydn.

[@barronhung8246]

I love this piece so much! I’m glad I’m playing it right now

[@brunowambergue2021]

Grand moment de piano extrêmement bien interpréter par Alfred Brendel. Délice de la musique qui gomme tous les tracas de la vie. merci.

[@ManuelGutierrez-zb5xm]

I have played this song so many times, and it has never sounded like this... so much for learning to read music on my own haha

[@Manuel-r3b3u]

Here, in my opinion, we are seeing a Rare interpretation.... Haydn's "few notes", with its geometric structures, are Clear, Balanced, and really full of Beauty and Pathos....all visible in the ecstasy of Mr. Brendel's facial expressions.... Pure Art ✨

[@jiwonlee5906]

The very best rendition of this remarkably inspired work by Joseph Haydn. Nobody comes close to A. Brendel here. Thanks for the post! -gus

[@Ddhyhmmp-fe9fn]

Runs smoothly like water. Bravo bravo!

[@fromanotherstar]

Brendel is fantastic...he, along with Claudio Arrau and Kempff are giants in my eyes

[@하림-z8q]

도돌이 1:57 2악장 8:00 3악장 17:25

[@rogersachs9]

Brendel is just astonishing. Glad I got to see him live. Brendel has it all memorized and his interpretation is just--Wiener Klassik on the mark.

[@lylavati]

He plays with closed eyes. Just wow!

[@peddletoneG]

A lovely work and performance! But the phrase, 'quite Beethovenian in some respects' might miss the mark, since when Haydn composed this, Ludwig Von was a teenager, and maybe not terribly influential yet. Perhaps Beethoven was 'quite Haydnish in some respects'?

[@SharkySharkyBand]

He most certainly was very Haydnish haha! After all...Haydn was Beethoven's tutor :)

[@MFTU268]

yup. "papa" Haydn had a large influence on B'Hoven.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

@@MFTU268 Who’s ‘papa’ (sic) Haydn ?

[@sandramartineztraslosheros667]

Of course Haydn was his tutor.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

@@sandramartineztraslosheros667 It’s very misleading to refer to Haydn as Beethoven’s tutor/teacher. Haydn only taught Beethoven *counterpoint* - a form of musical grammar - and the lessons lasted on-and-off just 14 months from Beethoven’s arrival in Vienna in November 1792 until Haydn’s departure for his second long trip to England in January 1794; Haydn was not teaching him the much wider aspects of free composition (though it is inconceivable that they didn’t discuss such things informally). As we all know, Beethoven claimed that he ‘…learned nothing from Haydn’, the lessons were not successful, and Beethoven refused Haydn’s request to add ‘Pupil of Haydn’ to the dedication of the Opus 2 piano sonatas dedicated to his counterpoint teacher a couple of years later.

[@InvestingForTomorrow24]

The finale I play every day because it has such pleasingly elegant simplicity. All I need do now is capture the time and momentum to memorize the entire piece.

[@jpamuse]

Magnifique Interprétation de cette superbe sonate; BRAVO !!!!!!!!

[@marywilbur9060]

This performance is a revelation to me. It is sublime.

[@milialdana7119]

11:57. So mellow and full of emotion! I love this!!! Sea of Tranquility brought me here!

[@affcarakapow]

Why all the fuss about the thumbs down? They obviously were given by lovely oldies who just can't get enough of Haydn but unfortunately happen to have Parkinson's desease.

[@LucasDeckmyn]

Magnificent Mr. Brendel, a real Master

[@josephfajardo5535]

Just I love it.. The real music..!!

[@gerardbegni2806]

A sensitive sonata well çi_n the mood ans style of Haydn. The rendering of Brendel is an awsome

[@Lightpianomusic]

Alfred Brendel is in my opinion one of the best performers ever. Dave B

[@ewhyte8059]

Dam right!

[@cotes42]

11:58 if you're here for Lestat's song from Interview With a Vampire.

[@channhell1790]

cotes42 Yes, thank you. I'm not that into classical music, but this is one of those movies I have seen most often in my entire life and this is one of the most dramatic and impressing "Soundtracks". Thanks for naming and sharing it.

[@puchacanela]

same

[@lytelost965]

Exactly what I came here for

[@Xavierschanclas]

Yup thank you !

[@fernandasantistevan9288]

gracias

[@gabrielmeruelo3158]

Alfred Brendel is, as always, a thoroughly virtuoso pianist. Gabe Meruelo.

[@douglasaraujo9763]

This is perhaps my favorite video in all of KZbin!

[@VerdantHue]

As soon as the third movement begins (17:18), tanks start to roll across the map...only to be stopped dead on their tracks by an ancient spearman fortified inside a fortress built on a hill.

[@sickleandsuckle]

LOL!!!!

[@VerdantHue]

I am, of course, referring to Civ3’s industrial era background music for us dinosaurs out there.

[@sickleandsuckle]

yeah I know, that's why im laughing. i've had that happen many times.

[@jodinasimpson]

Perfect position, tone, and pitch... so lovely...

[@ЕрмаковичСветлана-ь3к]

Очень бережное, искренное исполнение сонаты! Красота звуков и яркость чувств! Браво, Маэстро!!!

[@inorion7292]

Very charming performance and nice sound quality!

[@KlavierEum]

Haydn's music (and Brendel's playing!) is noble and elegant. But not in baroque style. I think that is the unique position and charm of Haydn, also with the good sense of humor. His music is not dull - shows enough variety in harmony, development of motive, etc. We have enough reasons to love his music.

[@m.erubik]

0:17 starts

[@mabiperalta9217]

The best interpretation! Thanks you very much Maestro Brendell!!!

[@gekchua3526]

Alfred Brendel did it all.

[@giovannibattistaboccardo1410]

Just few can play Haydn like he does; clean, brilliant and lively both his playing and the sonata!

[@emil_brtd3]

0:16 Allegro 8:03 Adagio cantabile 17:27 Finale

[@henriklarsen_art]

The who's better - Haydn or Mozart debate is a bit maddening since the subject is subjective - like discussing if an orange tastes better than an apple. They were both masters in their field and they are not supposed to be the same. I, for one, am in the Haydn camp, since his music speaks more to me. But to each their own.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Henrik Larsen ‘…better’ is a pointless debate; the trick is to learn to understand and appreciate the differences between between these two ‘A’ list composers, something that Mozart and Haydn did themselves at the time. Probably never in the history of music have two composers of this stature ever appreciated, respected and learnt from each other to the extent of these two.

[@Whatismusic123]

Well, you can like either or, it's subjective, but it takes an ignorant fool to believe that mozart is not objectively superior.

[@martinpasto8506]

Admirable el talento del ser humano, ojalá siempre se usará de esta manera

[@helenavondrakenstein4969]

Why do people feel they have to critique everything....just listen and enjoy it for what it is.....Too many pseudo-intellectuals ruin the magic. If you can play this equal or better than Brendel show us......otherwise shut your trap

[@PaulFesta]

Admittedly I had chills before he even started playing but my God.

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Bellissima sonata, grande interpretazione. Più l'ascolto e più mi piace. È un incanto. Il tempo lento ..una meraviglia. Grazie grazie.

[@maxfochtmann9576]

Спасибо большое, Папа Гайден, Спасибо, гсп. Брендел. Когда чувствуешь себя плохо - вот лекарство.

[@carlosguaymas6507]

Excelente Haydn. Extraordinaria versión y muy buena la reseña de la historia de esta sonata ¿de que año es este registro del gran Alfred Brendel? Cuando uno escucha a estos grandes pianistas siempre aprende cosas nuevas. Gracias

[@keepsaek]

Learning this right now. Hope to play anywhere near as well as this rendition.

[@karzyarmycat]

what a great place to play the piano! sounds so lovely.

[@gweckesser]

OMG this piece was played so well !!!

[@rileysteidel7084]

I have been wondering for years what the IndGR piece was in civ 3. I always knew it had to be one of the greats. Thank you random commenter somewhere that let me know. Now I can imagine a three way standoff in the industrial era for 20 minutes.

[@MarkxUK1]

The contrapuntal section at the beginning of the development in the first movement is played so well.

[@MyVin1234]

11:57 is where it's at.

[@DC180]

This gets to my heart this music. it really does.

[@psubramaniam_1956]

The composer and the performer make us cry..

[@nadiaaparecidadecamargobas9297]

Amazing, wonderful!

[@TomoMomoDomo]

This guy memorized it all... I feel inadequate.

[@kate-1]

minute 3:40 it sounds like Bach. An exraordinary sonata!

[@maniak1768]

His playing is so incredibly cultivated, in just the best sense of the word.

[@GnomicMaster]

Horowitz' recording of this sonata blows every other recording/performance away into Nowhereville!! Horowitz is not dead, God just needs piano lessons!!

[@townsendjean]

Indeed, Horowitz makes Haydn truly exciting.

[@rsjmd]

Horowitz's rendition is more in the way of what I expect of Haydn, and other comment, playful, exciting. Yet Brendle makes it truly sound like Beethoven. While I play and love Haydn, I am not enough of a connoisseur of the history of this particular piece to say which, if any, is more to the intention of papa H. Mr. Brendel's discussion would seem to indicate that he truly believes the the Beethoven influence suits this particular piece. I hope someone with real expertise might comment about that here. Thanks. Jake

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

rsjmd The Horowitz is a fine performance - but it does not blow away Brendel; consider Brendel the reference point when comparing different versions of pianists playing Haydn sonatas. This performance is the greatest performance of a Haydn sonata I know. For Brendel, music of this period was one of his key areas of interest and expertise; for Horowitz, it was not. Brendel’s overall mastery, understanding, and interpretation of the piece and of music of the period is the greater of the two. Brendel does not make Haydn sound like Beethoven; Haydn’s piano writing style and technique evolved almost out of recognition from the late 1780’s in works like this - Brendel makes Haydn sound like late Haydn. If you compare the famous Lestat’s theme section of the slow movement with a similar rolling arpeggio section in the slow movement of Mozart’s a minor sonata (K310), you can hear how far Haydn has moved into the future and beyond Mozart, almost into the world of Schubert rather than Beethoven. There is in fact, precisely zero Beethoven influence on this work as the two did not meet until after this sonata was written, and Haydn could not have known any of Beethoven’s juvenile works; even if he had known any, he could have learnt nothing from them. What you can hear, is the beginnings of a new more modern piano writing technique which Haydn developed further in London when he came across professional pianists, playing on massive sounding Broadwood pianos, and using a new, modern keyboard technique - forget Beethoven, or anyone else, this sonata sonically defines the adjective Haydnesque. Haydn of all composers was one of the least impervious to ‘influences’ and what you can in fact hear, is Brendel performing Haydn writing keyboard music in a new and ever developing style, using more ‘modern’ keyboard technique, but in a style that remains quintessentially Haydn. It is invidious to make comparisons, but in short; when it comes to Haydn - Brendel is peerless.

[@elisatress596]

Sr. Brendel , su rostro no dice lo que su corazón y mente ejecutan...una magnífica ejecución e interpretación llena de sensibilidad y excelente ejecución!!...Me gustó el manejo de poliritmos , en una mano derecha un tipo de figura y en la izquierda otro. Este tipo de ejecuciones son difíciles de lograr ya que requieren de un gran independencia de manos y mente así como dominio de la obra. Muchas gracias , felicidades y Dios lo bendiga. Efrain Dávila Razcón.

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Это испанский?...

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@@marfak5369 gracias por su tiempo y respuesta, lamento no conocer el idioma ruso. Ojalá y pueda traducir al inglés...Gracias.

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@@elisatress596 Lo siento, solo pregunté si era español. También me disculpo si escribí mal algo, usé un traductor.

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@@marfak5369 Ahhh gracias!.. soy de Oaxaca, México. Gracias y saludos!