Piano Concertos : Badura-Skoda / Wiener Concert Verein

Josef Haydn:
Three Piano Concertos
(No. 1 F major, No. 2 G major, No. 3 D major)
recorded in 2008 in Vienna

Paul Badura-Skoda, piano
Wiener Concertverein

Joseph Haydn' s piano concertos are among the most underestimated works in this genre. The great Paul Badura-Skoda is commemorating the special Haydn anniversary year with a disc of three concerto' s by the revered master. Right from the opening bar, the concertos demonstrate that, brimming with vivacity and originality, there is nothing avuncular about this music at all: a freedom and spontaneity of form, considered very daring at the time, melodic inventiveness and thrilling beauty which captures our hearts even today. This therefore is just the right music for today' s ever-youthful "elder statesman" of the concert podium - prepare to be carried away! ( Genuin )