Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...
Stuttgart is home to a vibrant Haydn symphony performing tradition. To an early ’90s disc of three symphonies connected with Mozart (Nos 47, 62 and 75 in lively if slightly po-faced performances with ...
Two ‘London’ Symphony recordings arrive emblazoned with icons of the city: Tower Bridge, largely obscured by Thomas Fey, and Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower, peeping out from behind a red letterbox. This ...
HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 93-98. George Szell conducting The Cleveland Orchestra. Sony Classical 8869748904-2: two CDs. Certain recordings deserve to remain in the catalogue indefinitely, and these ...
Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants present the virtual premiere of the Orchestra's performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 87, the last of his six so-called "Paris symphonies," starting at 2PM EST ...
When the life of a famous artist is cut short by an early death, we as a society often feel like we’ve been robbed of some great masterwork. Speculation ensues. Consider the following: Beethoven’s 10 ...
The 13-year-old schoolboy wanted to know why no score was available for Haydn’s Symphony No. 58. His teacher told him that “forty years ago a German publisher [Breitkopf & Härtel] started out to ...
Joyous, rambunctious, and infectious; pert and alert here, swaggering and swinging there: Thomas Fey and his trusty Heidelberg band deliver Haydn like none other. The unknown L’incontro improvviso ...
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