The Missa Cellensis was Haydn' first Mass setting for his new employers at EszterhAza. In common with his Stabat Mater, Haydn draws upon the wealth of musical styles and traditions associated with the Viennese Mass. Scored for strings, oboes, bassoon.

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 103 and 104

Vivaldi was not the only composer to write a universally popular Four Seasons. Composed directly after The Creation (Naxos 8557380-81), Haydn's oratorio The Seasons features three peasant soloists who sing of the joys, trials and tribulations of country life throughout the year, complete with a chorus of villagers. Haydn's genius transforms many genre scenes - a summer storm, hunting episodes, daybreak, the gloomy winter fog and peasant dances - into something truly spectacular, joyous and life-affirming, in keeping with his deeply held religious conviction. Morten Schuldt-Jensen and the Gewandhaus chamber choir join forces again for this their second Naxos release.

It is not known for sure why Haydn chose the flute over the more usual violin in these three trios. Possibly it was to appeal to English or aristocratic taste for the instrument.

Franz Joseph Haydn's surviving 52 keyboard sonatas were written during a time of important changes to both keyboard instruments and the structure of sonata form. The harpsichord, for which Haydn wrote his earlier sonatas, was being replaced by the fortepiano with it's more expressive hammer action, which in turn evolved into the robust pianoforte. The sonatas presented here show Haydn exploring the dynamic possibilities of the new instrument.

• Haydn's piano trios are products of his later maturity and reflect technical advancements made in keyboard design. • The three members of the Bartolozzi Trio came together specifically to perform Haydn's unjustly neglected Piano Trios. • Recorded 2012

The request for Haydn to write The Seven Last Words came from a priest in Cádiz to mark Good Friday. + Setting the words of Christ gave Haydn the basis for the construction of seven slow and meditative movements to be played by the orchestra as the Bishop descended from the pulpit to pray. + The following year Haydn arranged the work for string quartet and a version for keyboard was prepared. + To this version, which he did not prepare himself, Haydn gave his wholehearted approval noting that it was ‘very good and made with particular care’. + Hungarian pianist and Liszt Academy, Budapest professor Jenő Jandó has recorded for Naxos all the piano concertos and sonatas of Mozart. + Other recordings for the label include the concertos of Grieg and Schumann as well as Rachmaninov’s Second Concerto and Paganini Rhapsody and the complete piano sonatas of Haydn and Beethoven. + He has performed and recorded a wide repertoire of chamber music, in addition to his recording of the complete piano music of Bartók.

Haydn, F.J.: Feuersbrunst (Die) [Opera]

Destination London

Haydn: Op. 33

Haydn, J.: Keyboard Trios Nos. 19, 20, 24, 25

Haydn, F.J.: Symphonies Nos. 6-8

Vocal Recital: Schreier, Peter - BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, G.F. /

VIVALDI/HAYDN/+/TROMP.KONZ.

Haydn: Songs and Cantatas