![]() ![]() This finale is also the best-known movement of the Concerto, and it appears on many “best of” compilations of Haydn’s music. Haydn delivered with a charming, care-free piece in his best classical style, with a sonata-form first movement, a lovely second movement and a virtuosic finale that tested the new instrument’s abilities to the fullest. Previously, the trumpet was able to play only a handful of notes in certain keys and on a relatively high pitch, so this new invention required a new repertoire to match. Haydn Trumpet Concerto was composed for the composer’s friend Anton Weidinger, who experimented with a new “keyed trumpet”, which allowed for the instrument to play chromatic scales, like other wind instruments of the time. For listeners who want a period instruments and digital version, Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre recording of the set, taken from live concerts at the Wiener Konzerthaus, is a remarkable performance, with an audience that can’t hold on to their laughter, proving that the Haydn humor still works, even in the 21st century. Colin Davis’ celebrated recording of the 12 London Symphonies form the 1970s with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has never left the catalog, and still sounds fresh and exuberant, although the analog recording does start to show its age, even with the best of digital transfers. ![]() With over 100 Symphonies, it’s worth exploring many of the earlier pieces that came before the London series, but the set is a good place to start. The third movement is a “Menuett”, sometimes appearing with a “Trio” section, and the fourth movement is a joyous, fast conclusion the Symphony. The second movement is slower and more somber, often marked as “Andante” or “Allegretto”. The first is lively and in “sonata form”, often opened with a slow introduction. Contains a booklet with index to the 18 CDs and all 429 songs.A typical Haydn Symphony contains four movements. Includes a CD-ROM containing a comprehensive and scholarly essay, plus sung texts of each song. The singers ideally suited to their tasks, the instrumentalists unfailingly lively and "In the vigorous songs he (MacDougall) is excellent…Equally consistent is the standard of performance. "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). Each release in this set recieved good reviews. The first complete recording of all 429 songs, and a major contribution to Haydn’s bicentenary year 2009. Many of them containing first-class melodies which Haydn no doubt found attractive and inspirational. Nonetheless Haydn rose to the challenge admirably, and apparently enjoyed the task. Remarkably, Haydn received only the melody of the songs by the publishers, not the words – something that HC Robbins Landon described ‘an arrangement that would seem insane to any modern folk song arranger schooled in the methods of Bartók and Kodály’. He had made many friends and business acquaintances, not least the publishers Napier, Thomson and Whyte who were the driving forces behind these songs.ĭescribed by Sir Roger Norrington as the wittiest of all the great composers, in these songs Haydn allows ample opportunity for his humour and wit to shine through. Why, at the age of 67, did the most famous composer in the world undertake repeated commissions from publishers to produce such a remarkable number of songs? One reason is the rather lucrative fee paid per song, the second reason is that Haydn had a genuine affection for Britain and the British that had started with his first visit to the country in 1791–2. This box set brings together for the first time all Haydn’s Scottish and Welsh folksong settings – a grand total of 429 songs. ![]()
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