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Sonatas: Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven | 
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| Creators: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rafal Blechacz
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 75245
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001195202
UPC: 028947780335
EAN: 0028947780335
ASIN: B001EO2UIG
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Adagio | | • | III. Finale (Presto) | | • | I. Allegro vivace | | • | II. Largo appassionato | | • | III. Scherzo (Allegretto) | | • | IV. Rondo (Grazioso) | | • | I. Allegro con spirito | | • | II. Andantino con espressione | | • | III. Rondeau (Allegro) |
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Album Description
For his second recording on Deutsche Grammophon, the young Polish pianist, Rafal Blechacz, focuses on the sonatas of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. After the great success of his first album for DG of Chopin Preludes, Blechacz has chosen works that he has performed many times in concert. The chosen selections are among those that have shaped his playing the most. The sonatas, while different in style, are all programmatically linked. The Beethoven and Haydn sonatas were composed at the same time, and Beethoven dedicated his sonata to Haydn. Blechacz was the sole recipient, at the age of 20, of all five first prizes in the 2005 Chopin Competition in Warsaw. According to one judge, Blechacz "so outclassed the remaining finalists that no second prize could actually be awarded."
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| Customer Reviews:
Exemplary classical style combined with real temeprament -- Blechacz is one to watch November 7, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Now only 23, Rafal Blechacz emerged from the pack of young hopefuls with a commanding win at the 2005 International Chopin competitin, the same that launched the young Pollini and Argerich. To jump from there to a contract with DG implies that equally great things are expected of the young Polish pianist. To jduge by this follow-up to an acclaimed Chopin Preludes recital last year, Blechacz (pronounced BLEH - kosh) is a major talent. As enthusiastic as I've been about two of his older contemporaries, Paul Lewis and Jonathan Biss, I hear more technique, temperament, and musical fire in him.
The program combines late Haydn, early Beethoven, and middling Mozart, making no concessions to showmanship -- serious listeners of classical sonatas are the intended target. But in the very modesty of the technical demands being made, there's a world of stylistic challenges. Blechacz passes them all. His feeling for each composer is totally assured. He makes telling adjsutments in touch and timbre to signal that Beethoven isn't Haydn, even though Op. 2 No. 2 was written close to H. XVI NO. 52.
As far as his stylistic bent goes, Blechacz keeps the scale modest in all three works. HIs light, sparkling touch reminds me of Wilhelm Kempff; so does his blend of improvisation with correctness. It's rare for a latter-day pianist to succeed sheerly on taste and touch, but that's what Blechacz does here, very winningly.
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