‘Totally exquisite…sublime’ Michelle Castelletti, Artistic Director, RNCM This release from Devine Music brings together a renowned exponent of the fortepiano with a beautiful instrument and rarely performed masterpieces by Haydn. We are thrilled to present John Irving performing four of Haydn's mid-period sonatas on a copy of a Stein fortepiano by Johannes Secker. Recorded at St Oswald’s, Lythe, North Yorkshire 25-28 April 2014 Producers: Jane Booth and Roy Mowatt Recording Engineer: Chris Mowatt Foretpiano tuned to A=430Hz in Valotti circulating temperament by Johannes Secker [www.johannes-secker.co.uk] Design and illustration by Emma Jane Semmens [www.emmajanesemmens.co.uk]