Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45, 48 And 102

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Cat No: 8550382

Release Date: 12 January 2000

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Genres: Classical

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Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)Symphony No.45 in F Sharp Minor"Farewell" Symphony No.48 in C Major "MariaTheresia" Symphony No.102 in B Flat MajorJoseph Haydn was as prolific as anyeighteenth century composer, his fecundity a matter, in good part, of thenature of his employment and the length of his life. Born in 1732 in thevillage of Rohrau, the son of a wheelwright, he was recruited to the choir ofSI. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna at the age of eight, later earning a livingas best he could as a musician in the capital and making useful acquaintancesthrough his association with Metastasio, the Court Poet, and the composerNicola Porpora.In 1759, after some eight years ofteaching and free-lance performance, whether as violinist or keyboard-player,Haydn found greater security in a position in the household of Count Morzin asdirector of music, wintering in Vienna and spending the summer on the Count'sestate in Bohemia, where an orchestra was available. In 1760 Haydn married theeldest daughter of a wig- maker, a match that was to bring him no great solace,and by the following year he had entered the service of Prince Paul AntonEsterhazy as deputy to the old Kapellmeister Gregor Werner, who had much faultto find with his young colleague. In 1762 Prince Paul Anton died and wassucceeded by his brother Prince Nikolaus, who concerned himself with thebuilding of the great palace of Esterhaza. In 1766 Werner died, and Haydnassumed the full duties of Kapellmeister, spending the larger part of the yearat Esterhaza and part of the winter at Eisenstadt, where his first years ofservice to the Esterhazy family had passed.Haydn's responsibilities at Esterhazawere manifold. As Kapellmeister he was in full charge of the musicians employedby the prince, writing music of all kinds, and directing performances bothinstrumental and operatic. This busy if isolated career came to an end with thedeath of Prince Nikolaus in 1790. From then onwards Haydn had greater freedom,while continuing to enjoy the title and emoluments of his position asKapellmeister to the Prince's successors.Haydn's release from his immediateresponsibilities allowed him, in 1791, to accept an invitation to visit London,where he provided music for the concerts organised by Johann Peter Salomon. Hisconsiderable success led to a second visit in 1794. The following year, at therequest of the new Prince Esterhazy, who had succeeded his elder brother in1794, he resumed some of his earlier duties as Kapellmeister, now in Eisenstadtand in Vienna, where he took up his own residence until his death in 1809.Haydn's Farewell Symphony was written in1772, occasioned by the prolonged stay of Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy at hisHungarian palace. Some of the musicians had been compelled to leave their wivesbehind in Eisenstadt when the Prince took up his summer residence. TheSymphony, in the final Adagio of which the musicians leave one by one, wasintended as a delicate hint that the time had come to return to Eisenstadt,althou
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