Haydn Sonatas by Rudolf Buchbinder

[maestrob]

This has just been issued and is available on amazon for $19.28. Comments?

[John F]

I've heard Buchbinder a few times in concerts and for me he's a dull performer, no special reason to hear him again.

[Belle]

I've heard Buchbinder a few times in concerts and for me he's a dull performer, no special reason to hear him again.

Mine was exactly the same response when I saw/heard him in Vienna on at least 2 occasions. I note that he's not programmed there for the next 12 months (2018/19) as I'm planning my concert program already for the first half of next year. (I'll get back later to your Beethoven Sonata comments, John, as I'm busy just now.)

[Rach3]

Thanks for the info.Apparently a re-issue of recordings done 1973-75 .

[Rach3]

I've heard/seen a couple good live broadcasts of him playing the Brahms D minor and Beethoven C minor PC's. Have not heard a solo recital. Here is a cheap cd of Strauss transcriptions I thought was very well played , if you enjoy that type of work:

https://www.amazon.com/Strauss-J-Waltz- ... er+strauss

[Lance]

I've had the original set of Buchbinder's since 2008, and more power to the pianist for undertaking this repertoire in one sweep. My favourite Haydn pianists include Emanuel Ax, Alfred Brendel, and Gilbert Kalish (Nonesuch recordings, which should be reissued on CD), Martin Galling, Marc-André Hamelin, and, of course, any of those done by Sviatoslav Richter. There are quite a few pianists who have recorded all Haydn's sonatas either on the piano or fortepiano. For a major label John McCabe also made a complete recording on the piano for Decca. Most of the pianists named above have only played a selection of the sonatas, such as Ax, and another to consider is Naxos with Jenő Jandó, an excellent pianist.

[maestrob]

I've had the original set of Buchbinder's since 2008, and more power to the pianist for undertaking this repertoire in one sweep. My favourite Haydn pianists include Emanuel Ax, Alfred Brendel, and Gilbert Kalish (Nonesuch recordings, which should be reissued on CD), Martin Galling, Marc-André Hamelin, and, of course, any of those done by Sviatoslav Richter. There are quite a few pianists who have recorded all Haydn's sonatas either on the piano or fortepiano. For a major label John McCabe also made a complete recording on the piano for Decca. Most of the pianists named above have only played a selection of the sonatas, such as Ax, and another to consider is Naxos with Jenő Jandó, an excellent pianist.

I've got some of Jeno Jando's Naxos recordings, and yes, I agree he's quite good. Brendel, Richter & Hamelin com easily to mind as truly excellent as well. What I'm looking for is a complete set, and judging by the immediate responses here, it looks like there are better choices than Buchbinder. Maybe that's why Warner reissued them at a lower price!

I'm impressed by the set below by a pianist I've never heard of. She's taken nine years to study and record Haydn's complete sonatas, and has received a multitude (20 out of 21) of positive reviews on amazon for her efforts. Has anyone heard of her?

[Rach3]

I'm impressed by the set below by a pianist I've never heard of. She's taken nine years to study and record Haydn's complete sonatas, and has received a multitude (20 out of 21) of positive reviews on amazon for her efforts. Has anyone heard of her?

That Haydn set discussed here at a Google Group:

https://tinyurl.com/ybcasu26

[Lance]

No, sorry to say I don't know the pianist by name or otherwise, i.e., recordings.

[Rach3]

No, sorry to say I don't know the pianist by name or otherwise, i.e., recordings.

FWW, other discussions of Derzhavina at another on-line group:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searc ... derzhavina

[maestrob]

No, sorry to say I don't know the pianist by name or otherwise, i.e., recordings.

FWW, other discussions of Derzhavina at another on-line group:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searc ... derzhavina

Thanks! Very enlightening. I'm putting this set on my want list, for a birthday present coming up in May. I'll bet the "clicking" is gone by now (The set's been out for 3 years.).