Marc-Andre Hamelin - Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

Marc-Andre Hamelin�s first set of Haydn Piano Sonatas was Hyperion�s best-selling release of 2007, and had the critics jostling to acclaim his performances in the highest terms, in particular his expression of the �physical exhilaration of Haydn�s playful inspiration in a way unmatched by any pianist past or present�. His second volume, released in a year where new Haydn recordings are prominent, should surely match the critical and commercial success of the first.Some of Haydn�s most alluring and appealing keyboard works are recorded here. The surprising (to some) emotional range of the composer is fully evident in the extraordinarily sensitive and intimate Sonata in E flat major No 49, written for Maria Anna von Genzinger, and the profoundly felt Andante con variazioni in F minor, the composition of which coincided with her death.