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Summary: Deceptively easy, lots of music to delve into
Review: Haydn sonatas LOOK easy, but to play them well and play them musically takes plenty of work. It's worth the effort. Though not as musically complex as Mozart, the Haydn Sonatas require good clean technique and attendance to dynamics and tempo. This edition has no fingering; good if you disagree with anyone else's rendering but bad if you need a starting point to either follow or reject. If you aren't sure if these are worth your time, go listen to Andre Watts or Andreas Schiff play a few of these and I am sure you will be back. While not profound like Beethoven or soaringly beautiful like Mozart, these gems shimmer like little diamonds and are a good way to improve your pianistic skills. And they are always easy on the ear.
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Summary: Dover reprint of outdated edition
Review: Haydn's piano sonatas were composed over almost 50 years, and range from rather undistinctive rococco pieces to great masterworks of the genre. These are not always so easy to play and require some knowledge of classical style and ornamentation. I learned several sonatas from these Dover editions, which fit the bill when I was economizing, as they are the cheapest complete edition out there. Unfortunately, they are a reprint of an outdated 19th C. edition, with a layout somewhat difficult to read, and not always well-printed. Much better as an investment is the Henle edition, in three volumes, despite the significantly greater cost.
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Summary: pleasant and easy
Review: Haydn's sonatas are pretty easy to learn - apart from the many ornamentations one needs to be familiar with. I just started playing again after 10 years and found these to be nice melodies and easy to learn; often both hands can be played together straight away. Feel that intermediary players can definitely have a go at this! They're fun because they don't take hours of practice!
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