Vars in C & F

On this CD:

1. Keyboard Sonata in G major, H. 16/40
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

2. Keyboard Sonata in B flat major, H. 16/41
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

3. Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, H. 16/49
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

4. Keyboard Sonata in C major, H. 16/50
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

5. Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, H. 16/52
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

6. Keyboard Sonata in D major, H. 16/42
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

7. Keyboard Sonata in F major, H. 16/47 (rev. version of Sonata in E minor, H. 16/47bis. Add)
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

8. Keyboard Sonata in C major, H. 16/48
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

9. Fantasia (Capriccio) for piano in C major, H. 17/4
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

10. Variations (6) for keyboard in C major, H. 17/5
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

11. Andante with variations for piano in F minor, H. 17/6
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

12. Keyboard Sonata in D major, H. 16/51
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Dezso Ranki

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
On these two CDs, recorded in 1976, are the greatest of Haydn's masterpieces for the piano. Ránki proves an outstanding Haydn player. Unlike many sober-sided pianists, he captures Haydn's humor in the finales of Nos. 54, 60, and 62. In No. 62, he nearly rivals the brio and virtuosity of Sviatoslav Richter in his legendary 1960 live performance. But this is not the only side to Haydn or Ránki, as we hear in the touching Andante and Variations in F Minor, played with dignity and restraint. There is some variation in sound from one recording session to another; a high E on the piano sounds tinny in some pieces; and the excellent program notes should have been better edited. But this remains a highly recommendable reissue. --Leslie Gerber