Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina
Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Release: 2016
Size: 1.91 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 78 in C minor
01. 1. Vivace
02. 2. Adagio
03. 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
04. Finale (Presto)
Symphony No. 79 in F major
05. 1. Allegro con spirito
06. 2. Adagio cantabile – Un poco allegro
07. 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
08. 4. Finale (Vivace)
Symphony No. 80 in D minor
09. 1. Allegro spiritoso
10. 2. Adagio
11. 3. Menuetto
12. 4. Finale (Presto)
Symphony No. 81 in G major
13. 1. Vivace
14. 2. Andante
15. 3. Menuetto – Allegro
16. 4. Finale – Allegro ma non troppo
Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone are releasing a new album of Haydn Symphonies, Nos. 78-81. It is the first time Symphonies No.79 and 81 have been recorded on period instruments. This little-known quartet of Haydn symphonies 78-81 date from the years 1782-1784 when Haydn still served as kapellmeister to the Esterhazy family in their spectacular summer and winter palaces in Esterháza (present day Hungary) and Eisenstadt (Austria) where the music was first performed. These four symphonies have been specially recorded for the upcoming 36-CD set of Complete Haydn Symphonies, to be released later this year. It will be the first Haydn symphony cycle on period instruments.