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The inspiration for this recording was derived from that all-too-rare occurrence: a perfect marriage of instrument and composer's music. The language of Haydn's later keyboard writing, with its kaleidoscopic range of expression, is perfectly matched by the gem of a piano used for this recording, dating from Vienna c.1785. It is an instrument capable of amazing breadth of touch and response. Haydn's last and greatest keyboard works richly deserve being heard on such a piano, in order that the fullest range of expression and depth of imagination contained in these remarkable pieces may be brought alive.