Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonate en ré majeur, Hob. XVI:51

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Grande Sonate en la bémol majeur, op. 26

Lodovico Giustini (1685-1743)
Sonate en fa mineur

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Trois nocturnes, op. 15

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Minstrels
La fille aux cheveux de lin
La Puerta del Vino

Lorenzo Pone, piano

Native from Naples, Italy, pianist Lorenzo Pone lives in Salzburg and is one of the most highly acclaimed young pianists today. Having been a student of Paul Badura-Skoda’s for almost a decade, he dedicates his debut album “Tribute to Paul Badura-Skoda” to this great master. Universally praised for the distinctive quality of his sound and his formidable perfectionism, Pone presents among others piano sonatas which he worked on with Badura-Skoda during the last weeks of the latter’s life in 2019, among them the Sonata No. 51 by Joseph Haydn, the Grand Sonata No. 26 in A-flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven, the Piano Sonata Op. 1 No. 10 by Lodovico Giustini and the Three Nocturnes Op. 15 by Frédéric Chopin. The program, which is derived from a piano recital given at the Teatro di San Carlo of Naples in honor of Badura-Skoda in October, 2019, closes off with three pieces of Claude Debussy’s Préludes: Minstrels, La fille aux cheveux de lin and La Puerta del Vino.