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Haydn - 107 Symphonies

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4789604

Barcode: 0028947896043

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 35

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 6th May 2016

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Works

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, Hob.I:105
Symphonies nos.1-104 (Complete)
Symphony no.107 in B flat major, Hob.I:107 'Symphony A'
Symphony no.108 in B flat major, Hob.I:108 'Symphony B'

Artists

Academy of Ancient Music
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Accademia Bizantina
Salomon Quartet
Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble

Conductors

Christopher Hogwood
Frans Bruggen
Ottavio Dantone

Works

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, Hob.I:105
Symphonies nos.1-104 (Complete)
Symphony no.107 in B flat major, Hob.I:107 'Symphony A'
Symphony no.108 in B flat major, Hob.I:108 'Symphony B'

Artists

Academy of Ancient Music
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Accademia Bizantina
Salomon Quartet
Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble

Conductors

Christopher Hogwood
Frans Bruggen
Ottavio Dantone

About

This is a major milestone not only for Decca but for the musical world’s understanding of Joseph Haydn, the Father of the Symphony. For the first time ever, his complete Symphonies – all 107 of them – can now be heard in historically-informed performance style, on period instruments, the way Haydn would have heard them. This 35-CD set features two of the most prominent period instrument pioneers, the late and much-admired Christopher Hogwood and Frans Brüggen. Notably, the collection also includes four newly-recorded symphonies by Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone especially for this project – Nos 78 to 81.

“Haydn was looking to the future but he was simultaneously tied to the emotional world of the past. With period instruments, one can better recreate the expression of those emotions.” – Ottavio Dantone

- 35-CD lift-off-lid box set
- Extensive booklet featuring an index of symphonies, and a new note by Haydn expert David Threasher in English, French and German
- Detailed tracklists on individual wallets

Full list of contents:

CD1: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

CD2: Symphonies Nos. 6 “Morning”, 7” Noon” & 8” Evening”

CD3: Symphonies Nos. 9, 10, 11, 107 & 108

CD4: Symphonies Nos. 12, 13, 14 & 15

CD5: Symphonies Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20

CD6: Symphonies Nos. 25, 27, 32 & 33

CD7: Symphonies Nos. 36, 37, & 40

CD8: Symphonies Nos. 21, 22 “Philosopher”, 23 & 24

CD9: Symphonies Nos. 30 ”Alleluia”, 34 & 72

CD10: Symphonies Nos. 28, 29 & 31”Hornsignal”

The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood

CD11: Symphonies Nos. 51, 41, 39 & 35

CD12: Symphonies Nos. 50, 43”Mercury”, 58 & 59”Feuer”

CD13: Symphonies Nos. 47”The Palindrome”, 46, 26” Lamentatione” & 49” La Passione”

CD14: Symphonies Nos. 48 “Maria Theresia”, 44”Trauer-Sinfonie” & 42

CD15: Symphonies Nos. 52, 38 “Echo”, 65 & 45”Farewell”

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Frans Brüggen

CD16: Symphony No. 54, Versions 1 & 2

CD17: Symphonies Nos. 55” The Schoolmaster” & 56

CD18: Symphonies Nos. 57, 60”Il distratto” & 64”Tempora mutantur”

CD19: Symphonies Nos. 61, 66 & 69 ”Laudon”

CD20: Symphonies Nos. 67, 68 & 70

CD21: Symphonies Nos. 53”L'Impériale”, 62 & 63”La Roxelane”

CD22: Symphonies Nos. 71, 74 & 75

CD23: Symphonies Nos. 73 ”La Chasse” , 76 & 77

The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood

CD24: Symphonies Nos. 78 & 79

CD25: Symphonies Nos. 80 & 81

Accademia Bizantina / Ottavio Dantone

CD26: Symphonies Nos. 82 “The Bear”, 83”The Hen” & 84 ”In nomine Domini”

CD27: Symphonies Nos. 85 “The Queen”, 86 & 87

CD28: Symphonies Nos. 89, 88 & Sinfonia Concertante

CD29: Symphonies Nos. 90, 91 & 92

CD30: Symphonies Nos. 93, 102 & 103” Drumroll”

CD31: Symphonies Nos. 94 “The Surprise”, 97 & 99

CD32: Symphonies Nos. 95, 98 & 101 “The Clock”

CD33: Symphonies Nos. 96 “The Miracle”, 100 “Military” & 104 ” London”

Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

CD34: Symphonies 96, 100 & 104

The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood

CD35: Symphonies Nos. 94, 100 & 104 (arr. Salomon)

Salomon Quartet, The Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble

Reviews

Dantone’s wiry, stringy sound, with plenty of rhythmic bounce, is different both from Hogwood’s poised coolness and Brüggen’s warmer expressiveness. In assembling the complete sequence, Decca has replaced Hogwood’s middle-period symphonies with long unavailable versions that Brüggen recorded with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. … Really, there is enough wonderfully subtle music in this set to nourish a lifetime’s listening. Nicholas Kenyon

The Observer 28 August 2016