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Wonderful Haydn keyboard set - and bargain priced to boot!

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Posted on September 25, 2014 at 10:26:57
mbnx01
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Naxos has a 13 disc box set of 'complete solo keyboard' music by Franz Joseph Haydn that is absolutely wonderful.

Lots of harpsichord here. The music is so charming, so inventive, so engaging. I can put in disc after disc and just listen for hours.

Nice packaging including a booklet and a dvd of performances.

Crazy cheap - around $33-$44 depending on seller - less than three bucks a disc.

Highly recommended! I have lots of classical box sets, this is probably the one I listen to the most.


'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on'. -Mark Twain

 

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RE: Wonderful Haydn keyboard set - and bargain priced to boot!, posted on September 25, 2014 at 11:08:17
jec01
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 Here's an alternative worth considering if you prefer the sound of the piano.

Naxos is a world treasure.

Happy listening,

Jim

"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno

 

RE: Wonderful Haydn keyboard set - and bargain priced to boot!, posted on September 25, 2014 at 11:35:49
mbnx01
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 One of the Amazon reviewers says this guys hums and sings quietly and you notice it a lot.

Have you ever noticed that?








'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on'. -Mark Twain

 

RE: Wonderful Haydn keyboard set - and bargain priced to boot!, posted on September 25, 2014 at 12:17:15
jec01
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 Yes. Jando isn't as voluble as, say, Glenn Gould, but he is definitely a hummer and you definitely hear it. I find it rather charming, but YMMV as always.

Happy listening,

Jim

"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno

 

RE: Wonderful Haydn keyboard set - and bargain priced to boot!, posted on September 25, 2014 at 22:08:12
jazz1
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 The Jando Haydn piano sonatas set from Naxos is excellent.
I paid about 25$ for it.

 

RE: Wonderful Haydn keyboard set - and bargain priced to boot!, posted on September 26, 2014 at 05:31:53
Kal Rubinson
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 Yup. It is overlooked.

Kal

 

Strong second on Jando; Haydn's keyboard compositions are , posted on September 28, 2014 at 08:10:20
tinear
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 criminally under-appreciated.
For solo instrument, for that matter, so are Mozart's.

 

Very interesting, and another recommendation ..., posted on September 30, 2014 at 12:27:59
13th Duke of Wymbourne
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 I enjoy Richard Brautigam's set of Haydn keyboard works played on the fortepiano. This 15 CD set is also very reasonably priced on the BIS label.

The Naxos set looks worth checking out.

Thanks
13DoW

 

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