Release Date: 12 January 1999
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4891030507210
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: HAYDN
Description
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)Symphony No.26 in D Minor, "Lamentatione" Symphony No.35 in B Flat Major Symphony No.49 in F Minor, "La Passione"Joseph Haydn was born in the village of Rohrau in 1732, the sonof a wheelwright. Trained at the choir-school of St. Stephen'sCathedral in Vienna, he spent some years earning a living as best he could from teachingand playing the violin or keyboard, and was able to learn from the old musician Porpora,whose assistant he became. Haydn's first appointment was in 1759 as Kapellmeister to aBohemian nobleman, Count von Morzin. This was followed in 1761 by employment asVice-Kapellmeister to one of the richest men in the Empire, Prince Paul Anton Esterhazy,succeeded on his death in 1762 by his brother Prince Nikolaus. On the death in 1766 of theelderlyand somewhat obstructive Kapellmeister, Gregor Werner, Haydn succeeded to his position, toremain in the same employment, nominally at least, for the rest of his life. On the completion of the magnificent palace at Esterhaza, inthe Hungarian plains under the new Prince, Haydn assumed command of an increased musicalestablishment. Here he had responsibility for the musical activities of the palace, whichincluded the provision and direction of instrumental music, opera and theatre music, andmusic for the church. For his patron he provided a quantity of chamber music of all kinds,particularly for the Prince's own peculiar instrument, the baryton, a bowed stringinstrument with sympathetic strings that could also be plucked.On the death of Prince Nikolaus in 1790, Haydn was able toaccept an invitation to visit London, where he provided music for the concert seasonorganized by the violinist-impresario Salomon. A second successful visit to London in 1794and 1795 was followed by a return to duty with the Esterhazy family, the new head ofwhich had settledprincipally at the family property in Eisenstadt, where Haydn had started his career. Muchof the year, however, was to be spent in Vienna, where Haydn passed his final years, dyingin 1809, as the French armies of Napoleon approached the city yet again.Whether Haydn was the father of the symphony is a question bestleft to musical genealogists. His career, however, spanned the period during which theclassical symphony developed as the principal orchestral form. He himself certainly playeda major part in this development, from his first symphony some time before 1759 to hisfinal series of symphonies written for the greater resources of London in 1794 and 1795.The London symphonies were preceded by similar works for Paris and a much larger body ofcompositions of more modest scoring for the orchestra at Esterhaza and at Eisenstadt,many of the last calling for a keyboard continuo, at least with the relatively smallernumber of string players available.Symphony No.26 in D minorseems to have been written in 1768 or thereabouts and is scored for the usual Esterhazaforces of pairs of oboes and French horns, bassoon, strings and cembalo. The sy
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Various
Various
Lully
