Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Aisslinn Nosky
Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Coro
Catalogue: COR16139
Release: 2016
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 7 in C major ‘Le Midi’
01. I. Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Recitativo – Adagio
03. III. Menuetto & Trio
04. IV. Finale: Allegro
Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob.VIIa:1
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Finale, Presto
Symphony No. 83 in G minor ‘The Hen’
08. I. Allegro spiritoso
09. II. Andante
10. III. Menuet & Trio, Allegretto
11. IV. Finale, Vivace
In a programme packed full of great drama and theatricality, Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society present a new live recording devoted to the master of the symphony. This disc showcases Haydn’s Symphony No. 7 Le midi which is amongst the most striking of his early symphonies and one of the very first the composer wrote as Kapellmeister to Prince Paul Anton Esterházy. It is set alongside the much later Paris Symphony No. 83 La poule, named as such because of its famous clucking dotted note motif. Completing the programme is the Violin Concerto in C major performed by H+H’s fiery and expressive Concertmaster, Aisslinn Nosky.