Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Release: 2017
Size: 1.41 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 80 in D minor
01. I. Allegro spirituoso
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Menuetto
04. IV. Finale. Presto
Symphony No. 81 in G major
05. I. Vivace
06. II. Andante
07. III. Menuetto. Allegretto
08. IV. Finale. Allegro, ma non troppo
Joseph Martin Kraus:
Symphony in C minor, VB 142
09. I. Larghetto. Allegro
10. II. Andante
11. III. Allegro assai
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 19 in D major
12. I. Allegro molto
13. II. Andante
14. III. Presto
Recorded: 23-27 July & 24-25 October 2016
Recording Venue: Landgasthof Riehen, Switzerland
Haydn2032, the ambitious project of recording the complete symphonies of Haydn, has been placed from the start under the artistic direction of Giovanni Antonini, with two ensembles, Il Giardino Armonico, which made the first four volumes, and the Kammerochester Basel, to which this fifth volume and the next two are assigned. Another characteristic of the edition is that each time Haydn is set in perspective with another composer; here it is Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-92): ‘Kraus was the first man of genius that I met. Why did he have to die? It is an irreparable loss for our art. The Symphony in C minor he wrote in Vienna specially for me is a work which will be considered a masterpiece in every century’, said Haydn in 1797. Though he long remained forgotten after his death, Kraus made an active contribution to the movement of poetic renewal called ‘Sturm und Drang’ or ‘Geniezeit’ (time of genius) because such artists as the young Goethe broke free of all tradition to follow their hearts alone. When Haydn called Kraus homme de génie, in French, he probably had this context in mind. The two composers had met in Vienna in 1783.