Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Orchestra: Basel Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA690
Release: 2022
Size: 2.85 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 61 in D major, Hob.I:61
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio
04. IV. Finale (Prestissimo)
Symphony No. 66 in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:66
05. I. Allegro con brio
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Minuet – Trio
08. IV. Finale (Presto)
Toy Symphony in C Major, Hob.II:47
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Menuetto – Trio
11. III. Finale (Allegro)
Symphony No. 69 in C Major, Hob.I:69
12. I. Allegro vivace
13. II. Un poco adagio più tosto andante
14. III. Minuet – Trio
15. IV. Finale (Presto)
The twelfth volume in the Haydn2032 series, in which Giovanni Antonini conducts the Kammerorchester Basel, is devoted to ‘games and pleasures’. The symphonies recorded here, nos. 61, 66 and 69, were composed for the daily theatrical performances held at Eszterháza Palace in the spring of 1776. For Haydn they marked the end of a festive period, before he had to return to the serious business of writing operas. The ‘Toy Symphony’, attributed to Haydn for 200 years before it was discovered that it was in all probability composed by a Benedictine monk, completes the programme in a similarly light and cheerful atmosphere.