L'imperiale - Haydn 2032, Vol. 14 / Antonini, Basel Chamber Orchestra

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Release Date
September 8, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Franz Joseph Haydn
    • PERFORMER
      Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 08, 2023
    • UPC
      3760014196942
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA694
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Largo maestoso - Vivace

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    3. III. Menuetto

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    4. IVa. Finale: Capriccio moderato

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    5. I. Adagio maestoso - Presto

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    6. II. Adagio assai

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    7. III. Menuett: Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    8. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    9. I. Vivace

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    10. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    11. III. Menuetto - Trio

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    12. IV. Finale: Allegro

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

    13. Symphony in D Major, Hob.Ia:7 (alternative Finale of Symphony No. 53)

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel

      Conductor: Giovanni Antonini


The fourteenth volume of the Haydn 2032 edition is entitled L'Imperiale, after the nickname given to Symphony no.53 in the nineteenth century. This was perhaps Haydn's most famous symphony during his lifetime. Premiered in the theatre at Eszterháza Palace in 1778, it was published in London around 1781, and its melodious Andante was arranged more than thirty times for various instruments between 1783 and 1820. It made a decisive contribution to Haydn’s success, opening the way for him to perform in England. Symphony no.54, whose entertaining, theatrical style is a perfectly match for the atmosphere of the legendary court festivities given at Eszterháza around 1775, completes this programme along with no.33, one of his first festive works with trumpets, composed c.1761. In his introductory text, Giovanni Antonini revels in the ‘capricious’, whimsical character of certain passages in the last movement of Symphony No. 53; he also offers an alternative finale of the work at the end of the album.