Franz Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonatas and Concertos of Haydn

Anne-Marie McDermott

Label: Bridge
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404943829

Catalog number: BRIDG 9438
Releasedate: 24-04-15

- "We have waited a long time for an American pianist of this stature." - Gramophone

- The G major Piano Concerto features cadenzas, composed specifically for this recording, by the leading American composer, Charles Wuorinen.

This new recording of Haydn’s two great piano concertos accompanies five of Haydn’s finest piano sonatas, in brilliant performances by the American pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. The G major Piano Concerto features cadenzas, composed specifically for this recording, by the leading American composer, Charles Wuorinen. Mr. Wuorinen writes: “I’ve long admired Anne-Marie McDermott’s unsurpassed performances of Haydn. Her understanding of his music is superb and her playing of it so apt and expressive that I could not resist her invitation to provide cadenzas for one of Haydn’s concerti. It was a joy to write them, and reproducing my own thoughts in the language of this ancient composer was exhilarating. It goes without saying that their realization in sound is exactly what I had intended.”