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Haydn Keyboard Works, Vol. 1
Joseph Haydn

Peter Donohoe

Haydn Keyboard Works, Vol. 1

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212072622
Catnr: SIGCD 726
Release date: 10 February 2023
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212072622
Catalogue number
SIGCD 726
Release date
10 February 2023
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Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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About the album

PRAISE FOR PETER DONOHOE ON SIGNUM RECORDS

4 stars “There is much to admire all told, and the sound-quality is consistently excellent” – Classical Source

‘Cradling his programme of Sonatas in a set of strongly contrasted Variations and a Divertimento, Peter
Donohoe takes an enlivening slant, a sense of ‘rediscovery’ of Haydn’s ambiguity, indeed, unique character’
- © Bryce Morrison.

Recording instrument: Steingraeber (Bayreuth) Concert Grand Piano Model E at Steingraeber & Söhne –
Klaviermanufaktur
Since his success as joint winner of the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Peter Donohoe has
gained international renown as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship,
stylistic versatility and commanding technique.

Artist(s)

Peter Donohoe (piano)

“I cannot imagine a living pianist capable of improving upon Donohoe’s outstanding artistry” Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion Peter Donohoe was born in Manchester in 1953. He studied at Chetham’s School of Music for seven years, graduated in music at Leeds University, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique.  Donohoe has performed with all the major London orchestras, as well as orchestras from across the world: the Royal Concertgebouw, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Vienna Symphony and Czech...
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“I cannot imagine a living pianist capable of improving upon Donohoe’s outstanding artistry” Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion Peter Donohoe was born in Manchester in 1953. He studied at Chetham’s School of Music for seven years, graduated in music at Leeds University, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique.

Donohoe has performed with all the major London orchestras, as well as orchestras from across the world: the Royal Concertgebouw, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Vienna Symphony and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras. He has also played with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Sir Simon Rattle’s opening concerts as Music Director. He made his twenty-second appearance at the BBC Proms in 2012 and has appeared at many other festivals including six consecutive visits to the Edinburgh Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron in France, and at the Ruhr and Schleswig Holstein Festivals in Germany. In the United States, his appearances have included the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. Peter Donohoe also performs numerous recitals internationally and continues working with his long-standing duo partner Martin Roscoe, as well as more recent collaborations with artists such as Raphael Wallfisch, Elizabeth Watts and Noriko Ogawa.

Donohoe is also in high demand as a jury member for international competitions. He has recently served on the juries at the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow (2011 and 2015), Busoni International Competition in Bolzano, Italy (2012), Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels (2016), Georges Enescu Competition in Bucharest (2016), Hong Kong International Piano Competition (2016), Artur Rubenstein Piano Master Competition (2017), Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition and Festival (2017), Concours de Geneve Competition (2018), Ferrol Piano Competition (2022), Val Tidone Piano Competition (2022) and Hong Kong International Piano Competition (2022), along with many national competitions both within the UK and abroad.

The 23/24 season kicked off with Peter Donohoe performing as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle with performances of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie in London, Edinburgh, and Bucharest. In January 2024, Peter returns to Philadelphia for performances with the Ama Deus Ensemble and will then travel to Dubai to adjudicate the 3rd Classic Piano Competition 2024.

Peter Donohoe is an honorary doctor of music at seven UK universities, and was awarded a CBE for services to classical music in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List.


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Composer(s)

Joseph Haydn

(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets 'Father of the Symphony' and 'Father of the String Quartet'.   Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, 'forced to become original'. Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.   He was a friend and mentor of Mozart,...
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(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".
Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, "forced to become original". Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.
He was a friend and mentor of Mozart, a teacher of Beethoven, with whom he formed the First Viennese School. He was also the older brother of composer Michael Haydn.

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Disc #1
01.
Variations on Gott erhalte den Kaiser, Hob. i, 430
06:19
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
02.
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:42: I. Andante con expressione
08:12
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
03.
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:42: II. Vivace assai
03:10
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
04.
Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:26: I. Allegro moderato
05:25
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
05.
Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:26: II. Menuet al rovescio
02:04
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
06.
Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:26: III. Presto
00:50
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
07.
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:51: I. Andante
03:30
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
08.
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:51: II. Presto
02:14
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
09.
Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48: I. Andante con expressione
06:56
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
10.
Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48: II. Presto
03:51
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
11.
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:29: I. Moderato
07:04
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
12.
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:29: II. Adagio
04:46
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
13.
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:29: III. Tempo di menuet
04:19
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
14.
Divertimento in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: I. Allegro moderato
07:20
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
15.
Divertimento in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: II. Adagio
07:04
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
16.
Divertimento in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:46: III. Presto
04:13
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe

Disc #2
01.
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:28: I. Allegro moderato
08:41
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
02.
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:28: II. Menuet
03:12
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
03.
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:28: III. Presto
03:29
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
04.
Sonata in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:18: I. Allegro moderato
06:44
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
05.
Sonata in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:18: II. Moderato
05:57
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
06.
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23: I. Moderato
06:22
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
07.
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23: II. Adagio
05:32
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
08.
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23: III. Presto
03:55
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
09.
Divertimento in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:2d: I. Moderato
06:07
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
10.
Divertimento in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:2d: II. Largo
04:14
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
11.
Divertimento in B-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:2d: III. Menuetto
03:39
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
12.
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:49: I. Allegro
07:23
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
13.
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:49: II. Adagio e Cantabile
07:25
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
14.
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:49: III. Tempo di minuet
03:53
(Joseph Haydn) Peter Donohoe
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