Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Orchestra: Basel Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA688
Release: 2022
Size: 2.84 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 82 in C major, ‘The Bear’
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Minuet – Trio
04. IV. Finale. Vivace Assai
Symphony No. 87 in A major
05. I. Vivace
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Minuet – Trio
08. IV. Finale. Vivace
Symphony No. 24 in D major
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Adagio Cantabile
11. III. Minuet – Trio
12. IV. Finale (Allegro)
Symphony No. 2 in C Major
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Andante
15. III. Finale (Presto)
The eleventh volume of the complete Haydn symphony cycle moves its focus to Paris: “Every day one perceives more clearly, and consequently admires more, the productions of this great genius, who, in every one of his works, knows so well how to draw rich and varied developments from a single subject”, wrote the “Mercure de France” in April 1788, adding that Haydn was “quite different from those sterile composers who constantly move from one idea to another…”. The symphonies presented here are No. 2 (the first to be published in France), No. 24 (the first to be performed there) and the so-called “Paris” Symphonies No. 87 and No. 82 “L’Ours”, with its references to fairground atmosphere and its famous contredanse finale.