Haydn wrote keyboard sonatas for 'connoisseurs' and 'amateurs' throughout his career. Alternating bread-and-butter work and rich terrains of experimentation, they bear the mark of endlessly renewed invention. For the music lover afraid of losing his way in this abundant output, Alain Planès proposes a personal selection of works. We can follow him with complete confidence.

This title was released for the first time in 2002.
"a fine selection, well executed." - The Observer, 27 January 2002

“Planès is a Haydnist to be reckoned with.” - International Record Review, April 2004

"The musicianship of Alain Planès, that most fastidious yet humane of pianists, is perfectly suited to the keyboard music of Haydn" - Stephen Pettitt, Sunday Times, May 2009