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Haydn 2032, Vol. 14: L'impériale

Giovanni Antonini

Classical - Released September 1, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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The Haydn 2032 project of conductor Giovanni Antonini is an ambitious undertaking, with plans to record all of the composer's symphonies by 2032. They are divided by theme rather than being plowed through chronologically, usually with relevant works by other composers added on. Here, the "extra" composer is Haydn himself, who revised a puppet-show overture into an alternate finale for one of the present symphonies. The Symphony No. 53 in D major, Hob. 1/53, was given the nickname "L'Impériale" ("The Imperial") by someone other than Haydn, but it is accurate enough for the imposing, timpani-backed opening. In fact, all three of the works here make unusual use of the brass, and they are well suited to Antonini's high-powered, large-orchestra approach. That approach is all to the good; there is no reason to think Haydn wouldn't have wanted as large an orchestra as he could get. It may diminish some of the humor in the slow movements, but it is not that Antonini is incapable of humor; sample the finale of the Symphony No. 33 in C major, Hob. 1/33, which here is about as riotously deceptive as it has ever been. The works are recorded with all repeats, but they never grow tiring. A strong entry in Antonini's ambitious series, this made classical best-seller lists in the late summer of 2023.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Haydn - 48 Piano Sonatas

Daniel-Ben Pienaar

Classical - Released August 25, 2023 | Avie Records

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Haydn 2032, Vol. 1: La Passione

Giovanni Antonini

Classical - Released October 7, 2014 | Alpha Classics

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Since the 2015-2016 season, Giovanni Antonini has been the "principal guest conductor" of the Basel Chamber Orchestra (Kammerorchester Basel, recreated in 1984 in the spirit of the first Basler Kammerorchester which was founded by the patron and Swiss conductor Paul Sacher). He is working with them on important discographic projects, such as the complete Beethoven symphonies (Sony Classical) which are proving to be a great success with the press; and the "Haydn 2032" project, which is set to comprise the complete hundred and seven symphonies by Joseph Haydn, to mark the latter’s 300th birthday. The first fruit of this vast complete collection, that is, this album, was created by Antonini's historic Italian ensemble and described as a work of "passion" (but how could it be otherwise with a personality as joyful and innovative as Haydn?). The record gets off to a flying start with the Symphony n° 39 in G minor, subtitled "Tempesta di mare" on a 1779 manuscript and which, curiously, no publisher has yet taken up. Although it does not break out of its formal framework, it is a work stirred by tempestuous winds which are scarcely calmed by an Andante that seems to arise out of nowhere. The Finale is all filled with Vivaldian cascades, painting a portrait of natural cataclysm, or of the agitation of a soul struggling with the first jolts of Romanticism. A childhood memory of Giovanni Antonini who had discovered Haydn through his Symphony No. 1, this final piece at the end of this first album was broadly influenced by the style of the Mannheim school which was then flourishing in Europe. The harmonic proximity of the Symphony n° 49 in F Minor "The Passion" to the ballet-pantomime Don Juan or the Feast of Stone which Gluck had composed a few years earlier led Giovanni Antonini to include Gluck in this first volume, a dream opportunity for the conductor to show how Haydn changed the fate of the symphony by introducing a dramatic touch tinged with irony. Antonini sees in the two composers the same turn of mind and a shared use of techniques, who nevertheless bring together very different aspects of life in their music. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Joseph Haydn & Michael Haydn: Overtures and Symphonies

Österreichisch-Ungarische Haydn-Philharmonie

Miscellaneous - Released August 25, 2023 | Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG)

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Haydn : L'Impatiente

Julien Chauvin

Classical - Released October 4, 2019 | Aparté

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The Haydn series continues with the Paris Symphony No. 87. Julien Chauvin and his orchestra keep shaking us up with historical instruments listening to Haydn’s works and several other forgotten scores from the same period. All of them were commissioned for the Concert de la Loge Olympique - ancestor and model for Julien Chauvin and his musicians – and all of them sank into oblivion during the 19th century, except for Haydn’s symphonies. The record offers an opportunity to experience some rare works of Grétry, Lemoyne and Ragué, and to revive the success that they once knew. © Aparté
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Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31

Trio Wanderer

Classical - Released April 20, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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After celebrating thirty years of life and work together with the Trios by Dvořak, our three wandering companions (Vincent Coq, piano, Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, violin and Raphaël Pidoux, cello) have brought out another round of Trios, this time by Joseph Haydn, the inventor of this form, which is an inheritor of the baroque trio sonata, with a cello part often providing the basso continuo. There are 39 authentic compositions by Haydn for this instrumental format, which he wrote at various points throughout his life. The music is of very high quality and it unites all the characteristic forms of his style, his vivacity, expression, freedom of tone and form, and the zest of his cheering humour. The Wanderers have judiciously selected their works from three different epochs for this new album which offers the Trios n° 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31 which offer plenty of surprises and rare tonalities from Haydn, like A-flat major, F-sharp minor, or E-flat minor. The performance is both fluent and lucid. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Beethoven : Symphonie No. 7 - Haydn : Symphonie No. 104 "Londres" (Diapason n°596)

Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphonic Music - Released July 25, 2010 | Les Indispensables de Diapason

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Joseph Haydn : Messe "Harmoniemesse" - Symphonie n°88 - Sinfonia en ré majeur

Mariss Jansons

Sacred Vocal Music - Released November 17, 2009 | BR-Klassik

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Joseph Haydn : Concertos pour violoncelle - W.A. Mozart : Symphonie No. 29 K.201

Tatjana Vassiljeva

Classical - Released September 23, 2013 | Mirare

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D'Indy & Gounod

Les Solistes de l'Orchestre de Paris

Classical - Released January 13, 2023 | Indésens

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Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works

Krystian Zimerman

Classical - Released September 30, 2022 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Recordings by Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman are a rare event, and eagerly awaited by his many fans. They surely won’t be disappointed with this new opus that brings together Szymanowski, Zimerman and legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein.Returning to his roots, Krystian Zimerman pays tribute to his compatriot Karol Szymanowski on the 140th anniversary of the composer’s birth. This selection of little-known works testifies to the importance of Szymanowski within the piano repertoire. A long twenty-eight years separate Zimerman's recording of Masques, Op. 34 (made in 1994 in Copenhagen) from the rest of the programme, which was recorded in 2022 in the exceptional acoustics of the Fukuyama Concert Hall near Hiroshima.Nevertheless, the considerable lapse of time between these recordings doesn’t detract from the album's coherence. This is thanks to Zimerman's fluid, clear and readable sound, which—as we know—leaves nothing to chance. This fascinating recording reveals various facets of Szymanowski's compositional genius and features both his mature and early works, all of which were influenced by the great Chopin.Composed during the First World War whilst staying at the family estate in Ukraine, the three parts of Masques evoke Debussy, Scriabin and Stravinsky. However, each movement is overlaid with the orientalist perspective so typical of the Polish composer. A few carefully chosen Préludes and Mazurkas stand alongside the splendid Variations on a Polish Folk Theme for piano, Op. 10, composed by a young Szymanowski still in the process of mastering his mother tongue. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal

Giovanni Antonini

Symphonic Music - Released January 27, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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Each new volume of the Haydn 2032 Series, which aims to record all 107 of Haydn’s symphonies by the 300th anniversary of his birth, is eagerly awaited. And Giovanni Antonini doesn’t disappoint, with his generous and dynamic direction breathing new life into the father of symphony’s works. Volume 13 gets off to a flying start with the opening fanfare of Symphony No.31 in D major, “mit dem Hornsignal” (with horn signal), which employs four horns—a rare thing before Mozart’s Symphony No.25 eight years later and of course, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Symphony No.59 in A major “Der Feuer” (the fire) is particularly invigorating with its joyous, almost surreal opening theme, setting the tone for the whole piece.Symphony No.48 in C major, nicknamed “Maria Theresia” (after Empress Marie-Theresa of Austria, mother of Queen Marie-Antoinette of France), was long confused with Symphony No.50, the piece that was actually written for the sovereign’s visit to Esterhazy castle where Haydn worked. The nickname, and the associated confusion, have nonetheless stuck to this day. This symphony is one of the most original and symbolic symphonies of the Sturm und Drang period—the German political and literary movement that permeated all the arts in the second half of the 18th century. All the volumes in this series also feature works which mirror Haydn’s corpus. Here, Giovanni Antonini has chosen to close the programme with Concerto for recorder, horn & continuo by Georg Philipp Telemann, which echoes the hunting symphony at the beginning. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Monn: Cello Concerto

Freiburger Barockorchester

Concertos - Released March 27, 2003 | harmonia mundi

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This admirable Harmonia Mundi release presents Franz Josef Haydn's two cello concertos and the Cello Concerto in G minor by Georg Matthias Monn with the luster of period instruments; refined, idiomatic playing; and exceptional sound quality, with full resonance; and cellist Jean-Guihan Queyras and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Petra Müllejans, render these works with exquisite details and emotional depth. In a real sense, their performances are acts of rediscovery, for Haydn's cello concertos have become routine fare from too many modern renditions, and Monn's piece is unfamiliar from too few performances. Indeed, all three concertos have suffered the vagaries of preservation and interpretation. Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major was once considered lost until its discovery in 1961; the Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major suffered false attribution and its authorship was debated until the appearance of the manuscript in 1954; and Monn's concerto survived only in an arrangement for harpsichord and strings until Arnold Schoenberg edited it in 1912. To set the record straight, this disc presents the concertos intelligently refurbished, with appropriate eighteenth century style and color. Through their insightful scholarship and sensitive performances, Queyras and Müllejans have produced a fine alternative to the less authentic mainstream recordings.© TiVo
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All Shall Not Die - Haydn String Quartets

Quatuor Hanson

Classical - Released October 11, 2019 | Aparté

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Six quartets: six works that are key to understanding what Joseph Haydn brought to western music. This effort by the Quatuor Hanson is particularly successful because they are past masters in constructing and expressing the soul of this subtle art. And what's more, they bring it off with a fascinating level of instrumental skill. Listening to this piece, we have to bow down once again before the genius of a composer who, along with Boccherini, invented a new genre and immediately studded it with masterpieces of staggering quality. Judiciously picked out from among Haydn's vast corpus, these six quartets are touching both in their expressiveness and in the perfection of their writing. Not a single note out of place, a perfect balance of four voices and inspired right from the first moment up to the incomplete closing Opus 77, which was a contemporary of Beethoven's first Quartets, Op. 18 – works that betray the lessons their writer learned from his master. More than two hundred years after his death, Haydn has only just found recognition as one of the greats, although he had been accorded that status during his life. But his works for keyboards, the symphonies, the oratorios, and to a lesser extent, the operas, speak in his favour. More than a forerunner, Haydn is a founder, a genius whose influence was felt by those who came after him, foremost amongst whom Beethoven and Schubert. This splendid album puts him (back) in his rightful place. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Haydn : The Complete Symphonies

Joseph Haydn

Classical - Released February 2, 2009 | Nimbus Records

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Rachmaninov : Piano Concertos 1 & 3

Daniil Trifonov

Classical - Released October 11, 2019 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Daniil Trifonov's journey around the world of Rachmaninov is at an end. The pianist has arrived safely into the harbour with Yannick Nézet-Seguin's Philadelphia Orchestra. This finale was inspired by the bells which are ubiquitous in the Great Russian soundscape. Alain Corbin explained their importance to the rhythmic and symbolic scansion of everyday life in 19th Century France in his book Village Bells. To the historian's analysis, we can now add the testimony of the pianist – who, like Rachmaninov, grew up in Novgorod. Russian bells leant Russian music its nobility and colouring of folk nostalgia. Daniil Trifonov hasn't forgotten this, as is clear from his piano transcription of the first episode of Les Cloches. He was wise enough to respect the operatic power of the score and the splendour of its orchestration: harp, celesta and flutes are all truly transformed into bells in the hands of a musician who stays true to the aura of disquieting oddness (with its shades of Edgar Allen Poe) which surrounds the first movement. His technique matches his capricious and bubbling imagination. While we might find ourselves yawning a little at the Vocalise, the first and third Concertos move us from thrilling ecstasies to tears of pleasure. A very fine record, in which the orchestra, perhaps a little distant, fulfils its role as a soundbox for the soloist. © Elsa Siffert/Qobuz