Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico, Kammerorchester Basel
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA698
Release: 2024
Size: 2.79 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B flat major
01. I. Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Minuet. Allegro – Trio
04. IV. Finale. Presto
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major ‘Surprise’
05. I. Adagio – Vivace assai
06. II. Andante
07. III. Minuet – Trio
08. IV. Finale. Presto
Haydn: Symphony No. 90 in C major
09. I. Adagio – Allegro assai
10. II. Andante
11. III. Minuet – Trio
12. IV. Finale. Allegro assai
Rossini: La Scala di Seta
13. Sinfonia
‘Joseph Haydn not only liked surprising his audiences, he also enjoyed a laugh’, writes Christian Moritz-Bauer in the introduction to this sixteenth volume of the Haydn2032 complete recording of the symphonies. Take, for instance, the false conclusion of Symphony No. 90, composed in 1788: the music seems to have reached the last chord but, after a pause, the movement resumes to end with a powerful coda. Another example of Haydn’s mischievous wit is the famous Andante ‘with the drumstroke’ that forms the ‘surprise’ of Symphony No. 94, a fortissimo chord designed to wake up audiences who dozed off towards the end of his concerts . . . In this volume focused on humour, Giovanni Antonini pays tribute to a great admirer of Haydn, Gioachino Rossini, by recording the sparkling opening Sinfonia of La scala di seta (The silken ladder), a one-act opera written in 1812.