Haydn Sonata

[viv]

Hi, need to verify on this. Besides the Hoboken and Landon numbering, were Haydn's sonatas first cataloged under Pasler? and Pasler is not widely used now? I can't find much info on this...

[bernhard]

Ok, here is the story so far:

Carl Pasler first edited and numbered the sonatas for the 1918 Breitkopf und Hartel edition. We now know that Pasler chronology was incorrect But several publishers follow it: Peters, Kalmus and Schirmer).

Nevertheless, Anthony van Hoboken adopted Pasler chronology - but with a complex numbering system - in 1953 when he edited 52 sonatas for Schott & Co.

In 1960 Christa Landon corrected the chronological order - and used a very simple numbering system - and edited 62 sonatas for Wiener Urtext Edition, which is considered the best edition of the sonatas.

To complicate matters a bit more, Georg Feder once again altered somewhat the order of the sonatas and came up with a very complicated numbering system in his edition for Henle.

Most of the discrepancies in numbering occur on the early sonatas, since there is not enough documentation about this time of Haydn’s life.

Usually Haydn sonatas are given twow numbers: Hoboken ("Hob") and Landon ("L")

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[viv]

Thanks Bernhard for your prompt reply
I would be playing the Sonata in E-flat major, Hob XVI 49. Anyone else here plays this piece?
I've heard Horowitz, Glenn Gould and Alfred Brendel's recordings of this so far. Are there any other good recordings i've missed?

[bernhard]

Yes, Andras Schiff (Teldec)  and Emanuel Ax (Sony) have made superlative recordings of this sonata.

You may also want to check John MacCabe (Decca – complete set), Ursula Dutschler (on the fortepiano – Brilliant Classics), Jenos Jando (Naxos) and Walter Olbertz (Edel Classics – complete set).


I am sure there are more.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[bernhard]

Also, have a look here:

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=misc;action=display;num=1089710311;start=9

[Shagdac]

I also have the Emanuel Ax CD of nothing but Haydn Piano Sonatas. It is excellent!

S

[viv]

Thanks for all your feedback, Bernhard and Shagdac! Personally i relate more to Brendel's recording, Gould interpretation was of coz to the extreme but definately worth a listen. His first movement took a mere 04:21...! Will prob check out some of the recordings u've mentioned at hmv soon..

There's good sample tracks of Ax's recordings here. This is his earlier album which contains the Hob 49 i'm playing.
https://www.sonymusicstore.com/store/catalog/MerchandiseDetails.jsp;jsessionid=BW7jXCqArzSJOhBKMBJxADWQjAtrW2D8owx0119AoU1yX1o1uArK!1572060824!1410063473?merchId=3725&mname=CD