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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Schopfung (Die) (The Creation) Max Ciolek (choirmaster) Sunhae Im (soprano) Jan Kobow (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) / Capella Augustina / Andreas Spering [ Naxos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 23/Jun/2005 ] "From the very first chord one feels that this recording is something special. The sound is crisp, well-balanced and detailed without being over-analytical." (MusicWeb May 2005) |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: String Quintets Nos. 3 and 4 New Haydn Quartet with Sandor Papp (viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jun/2004 ] Louis Spohr was accepted during his lifetime as one of the most important composers of early German Romanticism whose career encompassed the period from Beethoven's Op. 18 string quartets to Wagner's Tristan and whose compositions covered all the... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 23 (Nos. 27, 28 & 31) Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Bela Drahos [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "The performances are very satisfying - rhythmically vital, but never rushed or pushed. The various solos are all nicely handled, and the orchestra is backed up by a barely audible harpsichord... I found it very enjoyable" - American Record Guide... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 / Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (recorded in 1927-29) Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona / London Symphony Orchestra / Pablo Casals [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] These recordings are notable for their unfussy and direct approach to Beethoven that reveal the music in honest, unvarnished and expressive terms. |
HAYDN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 43, 44 and 47 / Un piccolo divertimento Rachel Heard (Fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] Haydn's keyboard music was at first written for the harpsichord, with later works clearly intended for the pianoforte. His career coincided with changes in the standard keyboard instrument, as the fortepiano and then the pianoforte. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Concertos, Hob.XVIII:3,4,9,11 Sebastian Knauer (piano) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "The young German pianist Sebastian Knauer gives sprightly and sensitive accounts of all four concertos, dancing nimbly through Haydn's long stretches of toccata-style passage work and spinning a pure, eloquent line in the slow movements." Gramophone |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 33 (Nos. 25, 42, 65) Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] The rarely recorded Symphony No. 25 is an unusual work. Lacking a slow movement, it opens with an Adagio-Allegro followed by a minuet. Symphony No. 42, with its compelling themes and keen sense of dramatic timing, is one of the composer's finest... |
SCHUMANN / HAYDN / HANDEL / TELEMANN
Schumann: Konzertstuck, Op. 86 / Haydn: Symphony No. 31, 'Horn Signal' / Handel: Concerto in F major / Telemann: Overture in F major, Alster Echo Sinfonia Varsovia / American Horn Quartet / Dariusz Wisniewski (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "The nicest thing is that they sound as if they are having fun" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation) Sunhae Im (soprano) Jan Kobow (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) Christine Wehler (alto) / Cologne Vocal Ensemble / Spering [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/May/2005 ] "A brisk, well-sung performance of Haydn's late choral masterpiece" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (June 2005) |