Description

This was the last of Haydn's surviving C major sonatas, written during his second London sojourn in 1794/95 for the pianist Terese Jansen, Mrs. Bartolozzi. It seems to have been a very personal expression of Haydn's admiration for Jansen-Bartolozzi, as he had the London first edition of the sonata inscribed "Composed expressly for and Dedicated to Mrs Bartolozzi", and even granted her ownership of the work. Interestingly, a slightly different version of the second movement had already been published by Artaria in Vienna in 1794, though the pianist may have been unaware of this.

This revised and single Henle Urtext edition uses skillfully set-up ossia staves to allow both versions to be performed, and includes new fingering by Christian Zacharias. The accompanying texts reflect the latest research from the Haydn Complete Edition.