Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn is the composer who, more than any other, epitomizes the aims and achievements of the Classical era. Perhaps his most important achievement was that he developed and evolved the most influential structural principle in the history of music: his perfection of the set of expectations known as sonata form made an epochal impact. In hundreds of instrumental sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies, Haydn both broke new ground and provided durable models; indeed, he was among the creators of these fundamental genres of classical music. He also wrote several masterful oratorios and masses, especially in his later years. His operas, too, have finally come to be regarded as well-crafted and deserving of far greater attention than they had historically received in the 20th century. His influence upon later composers is immeasurable; Haydn's most illustrious pupil, Beethoven, was the direct beneficiary of the elder master's musical imagination, and Haydn's shadow lurks within (and sometimes looms over) the music of composers like Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Part and parcel of Haydn's formal mastery was his famous sense of humor, his feeling for the unpredictable, elegant twist. By one estimate, Haydn produced some 340 hours of music, more than Bach or Handel, Mozart or Beethoven. Few of them lack some unexpected detail or clever solution to a formal problem. Haydn was prolific not just because he was a tireless worker with an inexhaustible musical imagination, but also because of the circumstances of his musical career: he was the last prominent beneficiary of the system of noble patronage that had nourished European musical composition since the Renaissance.
Born in the small Austrian village of Rohrau, he became a choirboy at St. Stephen's cathedral in Vienna when he was eight, later joined by his younger brother, Michael Haydn, also destined to be a composer. After Haydn's voice broke and he was turned out of the choir, he eked out a precarious living as a teenage freelance musician in Vienna. His fortunes began to turn in the late 1750s as members of Vienna's noble families became aware of his music, and on May 1, 1761, he went to work for the Esterházy family. He remained in their employ for the next 30 years, writing many of his instrumental compositions, which included dozens of keyboard sonatas and trios for the now forgotten instrument, the baryton, and operas for performance at their vast summer palace, Esterháza. Musical creativity may often, it is true, meet a tragic end, but Haydn lived long enough to reap the rewards of his own imagination and toil. The Esterházys curtailed their musical activities in 1790, but by that time Haydn was known all over Europe and widely considered the greatest living composer. (He himself deferred to Mozart in that regard, and the friendly competition between the two composers deepened the music of both.) Two trips to London during the 1790s resulted in two sets of six symphonies each (among them the "Surprise" symphony) that remain centerpieces of the orchestral repertoire. Five sets of string quartets were also published between 1790 and 1799. Haydn's final masterpieces included powerful and pictorial choral works: The Creation and The Seasons oratorios and a group of six masses. He stopped composing in 1803, after which he prefaced his correspondence with a little musical quotation (from one of his part-songs) bearing the text "Gone is all my strength; I am old and weak." He died in Vienna on May 31, 1809.
© TiVo Staff /TiVo
Artistes similaires
-
Haydn: Six Keyboard Works
Classique - Paru chez Nimbus Records le 1 mars 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Dreams
Classique - Paru chez UME - Global Clearing House le 9 sept. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn London Trios, Hob. IV:1-3
Classique - Paru chez Audiofonic Records le 11 août 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner, Joseph Haydn (Live)
Thomas Zehetmair, Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner, Joseph Haydn
Classique - Paru chez XXI Music le 20 sept. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Natalie Hinderas Live 1983
Classique - Paru chez ACA Digital Recording, Inc. le 12 août 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIg:C1 (doubtful) [Digitally Remastered]
Ancient Music Ensemble, Vladimir Kurlin
Classique - Paru chez EMG Classical le 20 août 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sviatoslav Richter in Recital
Classique - Paru chez Regis Records le 28 mars 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C Minor, Hob. I/95 (Digitally Remastered)
Classique - Paru chez EMG Classical le 24 sept. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn - Cello Concerto - Trumpet Concerto
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 janv. 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn - Concerto for Organ No. 1 - Concerti for Lira No. 2 & 4
Joseph Haydn, Stuttgart Soloists
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 janv. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82 - 85 - 86 - 87
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 janv. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn, Brahms, Shostakovich: Sonatas
Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan
Classique - Paru chez Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Musica le 1 janv. 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphony No. 103 ("Drum Roll") • Symphony No. 82 [L'ours]
Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Counterpoint - Esoteric Records le 29 juil. 1965
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphony No.86 in D major Hob.I:86
Classique - Paru chez Varane Records le 9 sept. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music Inspired By Game Of Thrones
Anton Arensky, Spirit, Wildlife, Joseph Haydn
Pop - Paru chez Olive Grove le 25 juil. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pachelbel, Händel, Telemann, Bach and Vivaldi: The Best Baroque Works
Classique - Paru chez ADAGIO le 3 déc. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: "La Creación" Arias y Coros
Classique - Paru chez Piros Comercial Digital le 28 juin 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Franz Joseph Haydn, Horn Concerto No. 1 In D, Hob. Viid:7
Amaury du Closel & Michael Schønwandt
Classique - Paru chez Classical.com Music le 16 févr. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Joseph Haydn: Symphony 97 In C Major, Hob. I/97 - Symphony 104 In D Major, Hob. I/104 "London"
Musique symphonique - Paru chez RHI le 18 nov. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto In D Major, Op. 101 - Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata In D Major, Op. 58
Musique de chambre - Paru chez RHI le 4 nov. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn Keyboard Works
Classique - Paru chez Albany Records le 1 janv. 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo