Complete Piano Sonatas (Without Fingerings), Volume 1

Edition without fingerings, best for whomever wishes to study the classical sonata canon in pure Urtext, free from added fingering suggestions.

Volume I contains Haydn's early sonatas, very much still born of the spirit of the early Classical period: catchy music, fun to play, often at a moderate level of difficulty, without which modern piano instruction would be nearly unthinkable. Time and again, the authenticity of individual sonatas from this group has been questioned - the preface by Armin Raab, the Scholarly Director of the Joseph Haydn Institute, now provides comprehensive information on new findings regarding this important topic area.