Piano Sonatas by Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven - Walewein Witten (fortepiano) - Resonus Classics - RES10242

Piano Sonatas by Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven

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Walewein Witten (fortepiano)

Berlin-based Dutch keyboardist Walewein Witten makes his Resonus Classics debut with this programme of piano sonatas from the golden period of the fortepiano in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century.

The last of Joseph Haydn’s piano sonatas, is combined with a late period F major sonata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Op. 31 Sonata, ‘The Tempest’.

Using a copy of an 1805 Walter fortepiano, Witten brings new energy to these outstanding works from the late-classical era.

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Tracklist

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata in D minor, Op. 31/2 ‘The Tempest’
1. Largo – Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegretto

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52
4. Allegro
5. Adagio
6. Finale: Presto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sonata in F major, KV 533/494
7. Allegro
8. Andante
9. Rondo: Allegretto

'[...] these are fresh recordings with Walewein Witten giving an authentic voice to this repertoire.'

- Lark Reviews

'[...] these are fresh recordings with Walewein Witten giving an authentic voice to this repertoire.'
Lark Reviews

'Walewein Witten’s playing is very impressive, showing musical integrity with an assured technique, allowing the fortepiano to speak in its distinctive voice.'
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Credits
© 2019 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2019 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10242
Producer: Hilmar Kemp
Executive Producer: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262791509
Cover image: Sven Rudolph Berlin/Dresden
Release date: 1 March 2019