Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA692
Release: 2023
Size: 3.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 31 in D Major, Hob.I:31 “Hornsignal”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Minuet – Trio
04. IV. Finale. Moderato molto with 7 variations – Presto
Symphony No. 59 in A Major, Hob.I:59 “Feuersinfonie”
05. I. Presto
06. II. Andante o più tosto allegretto
07. III. Minuet
08. IV. Allegro assai
Symphony No. 48 in C Major, Hob.I:48 “Maria Theresia”
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Minuet – Trio
12. IV. Finale. Allegro
Concerto a tre, for Recorder, Horn and Continuo, TWV 42:F14
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Loure
15. III. Tempo di Menuet
The Esterházy princes’ love of hunting prompted their ‘house composer’ Joseph Haydn to make extensive use of the horn. At the time, this was still the hand horn (Waldhorn), limited to ‘natural’ harmonics, since it did not yet have valves. Between 1761 and 1790 there were a total eighteen horn players in princely service, but no trumpeters! So, in his Symphony no.48 of 1769, for example, Haydn used the horns as ‘replacement trumpets’, instructing them to play an octave higher than usual. The horns strike a flamboyant note in Haydn’s symphonies, which is probably why an anonymous copyist of no.59 dubbed it the ‘Fire’ Symphony. The Symphony no.31 ‘Horn Signal’ (1765) gives its name to this thirteenth volume in the Haydn2032 Edition. The four horns ring out majestically and the musicians of Il Giardino Armonico perform this music in their characteristically impetuous style, under the fiery direction of Giovanni Antonini.