When Christa Landon presented her printed edition of Joseph Haydn's piano sonatas for the first
time Haydn's sonata works were still overshadowed by the works of Mozart and Beethoven. But
Haydn's sonatas left the niche of piano lessons long since and have become established in the
concert repertoire Landon's edition certainly played a major role in that. The Haydn
anniversary in 2009 is a welcome occasion to thoroughly revise this 'legendary' edition
because new sources have been discovered and questions concerning authenticity have been
clarified over more than forty years the editorial principles for 18th-century music in
particular have markedly changed in the mean time. The new edition comprises all the works from
the previous Wiener Urtext edition plus the Sonata Hob. XVI:16 arranged by Landon as well as a
Sonata in F major which was discovered in Bolzano a few years ago and attributed to Joseph
Haydn. The new edition too is divided into four volumes the content of which is compatible
with that of each of the volumes of the preceding edition. In the notes on interpretation
Robert D. Levin explains essential aspects of Haydn's performance practice. Instrumentation:
piano
