The multi-award winning and ever-popular Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is back with Volume 2 of Chandos' highly acclaimed Haydn Sonata series. This new release follows Bavouzet's complete Debussy cycle and a number of recent concerto recordings all of which have been extraordinarily well received by critics and audiences alike, picking up numerous awards along the way. For the recording Bavouzet brought in a specially selected Yamaha piano which he feels gives the sort of tonal quality he is looking for, and it shows in the program for Volume 2 which includes the elegantly virtuosic Sonata in E minor, No. 19; Sonata in B flat major, No. 20; Sonata in G minor, No. 32; Sonata in C major, No. 48, and Sonata in D major, No. 50.

Tracklist:

Keyboard Sonata No. 48 In C Major, Hob.XVI:35 : I. Allegro Con Brio
Keyboard Sonata No. 48 In C Major, Hob.XVI:35 : II. Adagio
Keyboard Sonata No. 48 In C Major, Hob.XVI:35 : III. Finale: Allegro
Keyboard Sonata No. 32 In G Minor, Hob.XVI:44: I. Moderato
Keyboard Sonata No. 32 In G Minor, Hob.XVI:44: II. Allegretto
Keyboard Sonata No. 50 In D Major, Hob.XVI:37: I. Allegro Con Brio
Keyboard Sonata No. 50 In D Major, Hob.XVI:37: II. Largo E Sostenuto
Keyboard Sonata No. 50 In D Major, Hob.XVI:37: III. Finale: Presto Ma Non Troppo
Keyboard Sonata No. 19 In E Minor, Hob.XVI:47bis: I. Adagio
Keyboard Sonata No. 19 In E Minor, Hob.XVI:47bis: II. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata No. 19 In E Minor, Hob.XVI:47bis: III. Finale: Tempo DI Menuet
Keyboard Sonata No. 20 In B Flat Major, Hob.XVI:18: I. Allegro Moderato
Keyboard Sonata No. 20 In B Flat Major, Hob.XVI:18: II. Moderato

UPC: 095115166826
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 4.26.11
Format: CD

Jean Efflam Bavouzet - Piano Sonatas 2 (CD)