Hyacinthe Jadin

Complete Sonatas for Fortepiano The Music The Life and Times of Hyacinthe Jadin

Who was Hyacinthe Jadin?

Music Publisher - Wolfgang Kiess

Like Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn, Hyacinthe Jadin's short lifetime (1776-1800) seems to have been a race against time. Succumbing ultimately at age 24 to tuberculosis, rampant in the days of the revolution in Paris, Jadin's life and music have provoked speculation as to what he might have achieved, had he lived longer; nevertheless, he forged a distinctive personal style and created an impressive body of work of which the 12 sonatas for solo fortepiano of this recording constitute his magnum Opus. Until recently, his music has remained virtually unknown to the general concert-going public. Presently, however, Jadin's music is enjoying a re-discovery due mainly to the efforts of fortepianst, music scholar and editor of Jadin's music, Richard Fuller. Fuller's recent recording (2005) of the 12 piano sonatas is the first complete recording of these works. Fuller's artisty provides not only very fascinating, but astonishingly pleasureable listening. The recording fills a long-standing gap in the recorded repertoire of the French classical period. There is an ever-increasing amount of fortepiano music on the market, much of it more "historical" than musical. Fuller's recording of Jadin's piano music , however, is at once historically informed, beautifully interpreteted and thoroughly convincing.