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Symphony No.50 in C major [Der Götterrat] / Symphony No.12 in E major / Symphony No.60 in C major, ‘Il Distratto’ Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] By his employer Prince Esterházy Joseph Haydn was expected to provide music, and conduct the almost daily performances of operas and plays at the Prince's own opera house and marionette theatre. He must have been highly disciplined in order to be... |
HANDEL
Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 / Overture to the Occasional Oratorio, HWV62 Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, Manfred Huss [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] It is an intriguing coincidence that in the case of several of the most famous works of music - for instance Haydn's Creation and Mozart's Symphony No.40 in G minor - there are no extant autograph scores. Another example is Georg Frideric Handel's... |
MOZART
Three Salzburg Symphonies Haydn Sinfonietta Wien (playing on period instruments), Manfred Huss [ BIS / CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Mozart spent two thirds of his life in Salzburg - apart from the numerous tours that he undertook from a very early age - and during those years composed some 470 of the 626 works listed in the Köchel catalogue. Nevertheless, with a few exceptions... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 71 & 74 The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "The group's period-instrument sonority and basic approach will be familiar from earlier releases in this series: sparing use of vibrato (but liberal use of rubato), observance of all repeats in the outer movements, broad tempos and a clear, layered... |
HAYDN
HAYDN,SYMPHONIES HAYDN,SYMPHONIES [ Hanssler / CD ] |
Stancul, Jasminka / Kuhn, Gustav / Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento
Mozart, W.A. - 9./27. Klavierkonzert [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Life and Works Narrated biography with extensive musical examples Jeremy Siepmann (narrator) with David Timson as Haydn [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2009 ] No great composer's story is more predominantly happy than Haydn's, though even his has its share of clouds. A classic rags-to-riches tale. |
Kuhn, Gustav / Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento
Brahms, Johannes - The 4 Symphonies [ Col Legno / 3 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
Joseph Haydn
Piano Trios [ CD ] |
Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento / Kuhn, Gustav / exxj ensemble / Burwik, Peter
Koglmann, Franz / Haydn, Joseph - Nocturnal Walks [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op 64 The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] "The London Haydn Quartet's chronological survey of the composer's quartets is nearing its completion: the most civilised music, delivered with immaculate technique, urbane humanity and perfect period manners." Sunday Times |
FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op 76 The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] The summit of Haydn's quartet-writing, and of the classical string quartet medium itself. The 'Emperor', 'Fifths' and 'Sunrise' may be the best known of the six-as so often with those works by Haydn which have nicknames-but the others are every bit... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op 20 'Sun' (2 CDs) The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2011 - "their performances often seem strikingly austere, and will not be to all tastes; they sometimes have a rawness that harks back to the early hair-shirt days of the period-instrument... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 Nos. 1-6 (complete) [2 CDs] The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Scottish & Welsh Folksongs Lorna Anderson (soprano) & Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Ensemble Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'Lorna Anderson and Jamie MacDougall are the ideal singers, both with a healthy, natural resonance, intelligent relish for the texts and unfailingly reliable intonation.' Gramophone. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Scottish & Welsh Folksongs Vol 3 Lorna Anderson (soprano) & Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Ensemble Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2010 ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Scottish Songs Vol 5 (folksong arrangements) Lorna Anderson (soprano) / Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] This important and charming set is the fifth of six volumes (totalling 18CDs in all) which gather together Joseph Haydn's arrangements of British folksongs. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Scottish Songs Vol 6 (folksong arrangements) Lorna Anderson (soprano) / Jamie MacDougall (tenor) / Haydn Trio Eisenstadt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] 'In the vigorous songs he (MacDougal) is excellent...Equally consistent is the standard of performance. The singers ideally suited to their tasks, the instrumentalists unfailingly lively and stylish in their playing' (Gramophone) |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Morricone: Cinema Suites for Violin and Orchestra Marco Serino (violin); Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Andrea Morricone [ Arcana / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] 'There's an air of great respect and humility in the performances, conducted by Morricone's son, Andrea, while the music bears all the hallmarks of the man himself.' BBC Music Screen Choice April 2022 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Opera at Eszterhaza Miah Persson (soprano), Kirstin Chávez (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Christoph Genz (tenor) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "The likeable Swiss tenor Bernard Richter sings… imaginatively… Baritone Iván Paley is lively in the buffo fun of 'Dice benissimo'… but the finest singing comes from Miah Persson…" BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 **** |