Haydn Six Keyboard Works

"These are performances full of respect and enthusiasm for Haydn’s keyboard writing. Lester imposes his own personality rather less than many a modern performer – individual listeners may find that either a limitation or a strength. The more I listened, the more I found it a pleasing strength. We are lucky at the moment in the number of fine performances of Haydn’s keyboard works which are available, on a variety of instruments and from fair variety of perspectives. Andreas Staier, Ronald Brautigam, Marc-André Hamelin, to name but a few, are helping us to understand what a fascinating body of music this is, and how long its qualities have been underestimated. Richard Lester’s recital – on these two fascinating instruments – has its own role to play in that process of reassessment." Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb International