Haydn: Sonatas Denis Kozhukhin

• Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4:
• 1 Haydn: Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4: I. Allegro 02:43
• 2 Haydn: Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4: II. Minuet - Trio 02:52
• Piano Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31:
• 3 Haydn: Piano Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31: I. Moderato 04:46
• 4 Haydn: Piano Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31: II. Allegretto 01:52
• 5 Haydn: Piano Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31: III. Finale. Presto 02:19
• Piano Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20:
• 6 Haydn: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20: I. Moderato 06:54
• 7 Haydn: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20: II. Andante con moto 05:00
• 8 Haydn: Piano Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20: III. Finale. Allegro 04:26
• Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:47:
• 9 Haydn: Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:47: I. Moderato 06:00
• 10 Haydn: Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:47: II. Larghetto 04:20
• 11 Haydn: Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:47: III. Allegro 03:13
• Piano Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34:
• 12 Haydn: Piano Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34: I. Presto 03:46
• 13 Haydn: Piano Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34: II. Adagio 04:11
• 14 Haydn: Piano Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34: III. Finale. Molto vivace 03:14
• Total Runtime 55:36

Info for Haydn: Sonatas

Denis Kozhukhin presents a new album of Haydn: Sonatas, offering a fresh and illuminating journey through the composer’s keyboard repertoire. Haydn’s keyboard sonatas brim with invention, drama, and wit, matching the brilliance of his symphonies and quartets. Revisiting this repertoire, Kozhukhin reveals their expressive depth and sparkling originality in a recital of striking contrast and character. From the genial Allegro of the early D Major Sonata, Hob XVI:4, to the restless intensity of the C minor Sonata, Hob XVI:20, each work reflects Haydn’s inexhaustible inventiveness and subtle mastery of keyboard textures.

A prize-winner of prestigious competitions, including the Leeds International Piano Competition (2006) and the Queen Elizabeth Competition (2010), Denis Kozhukhin has established himself as one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation. He presents another chapter in his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, following albums such as Grieg and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos (2016, Gramophone Editor’s Choice), Brahms: Ballades and Fantasies (2017, 5 stars in Diapason), Ravel & Gershwin and Richard Strauss’ Burleske (2018), Grieg: Lyric Pieces & Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (2019, Gramophone Recording of the Month), César Franck’s Symphonic Variations (2020), and Somnia (2025, Gramophone Critic’s Choice for 2025 Top Recordings).

Denis Kozhukhin, piano

Denis Kozhukhin
Kozhukhin’s playing is characterised by an extraordinary technical mastery balanced by a sharp intelligence, calm maturity and wisdom. Kozhukhin has that rare and special gift of creating an immediate and compelling emotional connection with his audience.

Since winning First Prize at the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Kozhukhin has quickly established a formidable reputation and has already appeared at many of the world’s most prestigious festivals and concert halls including the Verbier Festival, where he won the Prix d’Honneur in 2003, Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, Berliner Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau Music Festival, Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Herkulessaal, Rotterdam De Doelen, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Milan, Théâtre du Châtelet and Auditorium du Louvre Paris.

In the 2015/16 season and beyond, Kozhukhin performs with orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonia, DSO Berlin, Frankfurt Radio, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR and Brussels Philharmonic.

The 2014/15 season included performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Morlot, Philadelphia Orchestra/Denève, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo, Mariinsky Orchestra/Gergiev, Houston Symphony Orchestra/Hrusa, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/Gimeno and Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo/Alsop. Kozhukhin also toured to China with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and made his debut with an ensemble comprising soloists from the West Eastern Divan Orchestra under Barenboim at the Salzburg Festival and at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

As a recitalist, highlights of this season and beyond include returns to the Concertgebouw’s Master Pianists Series, Cologne Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris and London’s International Piano Series, as well as debuts at the Lucerne Festival, Vienna Konzerthaus and the Boston Celebrity Series.

In September 2015 Denis Kozhukhin signed an exclusive recording contract with Pentatone. His first CD recording for Pentatone of Tchaikovsky Concerto No 1 and the Grieg Concerto with RSB Berlin and Vassily Sinaisky will be released in April 2016. His first solo recital disc under this contract will be of Brahms. Kozhukhin’s debut recording in 2013 was of Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 and 8 and he subsequently released a CD of Haydn Sonatas in September 2014 (both for Onyx Classics).

Born in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, in 1986 into a family of musicians, Denis Kozhukhin began his piano studies at the age of four with his mother. As a boy, he attended the Balakirev School of Music where he studied under Natalia Fish. From 2000 to 2007, Kozhukhin was a pupil at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid learning with Dimitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martinez-Mehner.

Upon graduating, he received his diploma personally from the Queen of Spain and was named best student in his year and twice best chamber group with his own Cervantes Trio. After his studies in Madrid, Kozhukhin was invited to study at the Piano Academy at Lake Como where he received tuition from amongst others Fou Ts’ong, Stanislav Yudenitch, Peter Frankl, Boris Berman, Charles Rosen and Andreas Staier. He completed his studies with Kirill Gerstein in Stuttgart.

Kozhukhin is a committed chamber musician and has worked with amongst others, Leonidas Kavakos, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Janine Jansen, Vadim Repin, Julian Rachlin, the Jerusalem Quartet, the Pavel Haas Quartet, Radovan Vlatkovic, Jörg Widmann and Alisa Weilerstein.

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