Albany Records: Keyboard Works 1771-1773

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Authoritative performances on the fortepiano.

The keyboard sonata is an intimate genre suited to experiments in form and style. Haydn's cultivation of the sonata in all but the last years of his life creates a detailed illustration of his compositional development. The five sonatas recorded her reflect a relaxation in Haydn's compositional style, turning away from the stormy melancholy of the many minor key works written before 1772. Lola Odiaga, the acclaimed Peruvian harpsichordist and fortepianist, studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, and at the Hochschule fur Musik in Hamburg, and harpsichord at Yale University. Among her teachers were Edward Steuermann, Stefan Askenase, and Ralph Kirkpatrick. In addition to a teaching career that has included the National Conservatory of Music in her native Lima, Wellesley College, the Hartt College of Music, the Yale University School of Music, and Boston University School for the Arts, Odiaga has concertized as soloist with orchestras, and in solo and chamber music recitals in the United States and Latin America both as pianist and harpsichordist. Since 1983 she has been making appearances as a fortepiano performer.

Franz Joseph Haydn, composer
Sonata in D Major, Landon No. 34, Hob. XVI-33
Lola Odiaga, fortepiano

Franz Joseph Haydn, composer
Sonata in A Flat, Landon No. 35, Hob. XVI-43
Lola Odiaga, fortepiano

Franz Joseph Haydn, composer
Sonata in C Major, Landon No. 36, Hob. XVI-21
Lola Odiaga, fortepiano

Franz Joseph Haydn, composer
Sonata in E Major, Landon No. 37, Hob. XVI-22
Lola Odiaga, fortepiano

Franz Joseph Haydn, composer
Sonata in F Major, Landon No. 38, Hob. XVI-23
Lola Odiaga, fortepiano

Review:

"Peruvian born and German trained, Lola Odiaga is the fortepianist of our dreams. She offers a variety of touch that must be heard to be believed. She continues to use the Regier copy of an Anton Walter instrument that thoroughly suits the music and should come close to converting those who don't like the sound of period instruments." (American Record Guide)

Authoritative performances on the fortepiano.

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