A Wider World
Donald Macleod discusses Haydn's receiving commissions from Naples, Paris and London.
All this week, Donald Macleod explores Haydn's time at the Hungarian palace of Eszterh谩za, the composer's primary base of operations for nearly a quarter of a century and the place where, he said, he 'was forced to become original'.
Today, as Haydn begins to outgrow Eszterh谩za, his international reputation starts to generate commissions: from Naples, where King Ferdinand's passion for a curious musical instrument resulted in a series of works for the lira organizzata (a sort of hurdy-gurdy on stilts); from Paris, where a request for six new symphonies for the exclusive (and masonically connected) series known as the Concert de Loge Olympique led to what we now know as the 'Paris' symphonies; and from London, ushering in the final and most glorious chapter in the composer's career.
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Joseph Haydn
Notturno no. 2 in F major H.2.26
Director: Christophe Coin. Ensemble: Limoges Baroque Ensemble.- LABORIE: LC07.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 85 in B flat major H.1.85 (La Reine)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.- VIRGIN : VBD 5-61659 2.
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Joseph Haydn
In felice sventurata, Hob XXIVb:15 [1789]
Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Singer: Edith Mathis. Conductor: Armin Jordan.- PHILIPS: 473 851-2.
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Joseph Haydn
Fantasia in C major H.17.4 for piano
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- WARNER : 2564-69967-4.
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Joseph Haydn
Quartet in B minor Op.64`2 for strings
Ensemble: Angeles String Quartet.- PHILIPS : 464-650-2.
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Joseph Haydn
Trachten will ich nicht auf Erden H.26a.39 for voice and piano
Performer: Walter Obertz. Singer: Arleen Aug茅r.- BERLIN CLASSICS: 0032172BC.
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