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Haydn: Paris Symphonies / Bruno Weil, Tafelmusik
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Haydn: Paris Symphonies / Bruno Weil, Tafelmusik

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Composer
HAYDN, JOSEPH
Artist
Weill
Format
CD
Label
Tafelmusik
Released
May 29, 2012
Catalog #
TMK1013CD2
UPC
880513101322

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HAYDN Symphonies Nos. 82–87 , “Paris” • Bruno Weil, cond; Tafelmusik Baroque O • TAFELMUSIK TMK1013CD2 (2 CDs: 144:09)


This set, recorded in 1994, is a reissue of two Sony CDs reviewed by John Wiser in Fanfare 19:2. For these “Paris” Symphonies, the period-instrument group Tafelmusik has a suitably large string section: 8/7/5/4/2. Bruno Weil chooses generally rapid tempos, the playing is crisp and clean, the sounds sweet—this Toronto-based ensemble plays at a relatively high pitch for period-practice performers. In the notes to this set, H. C. Robbins Landon describes the first movement, Vivace assai, of Symphony No. 82 as “an enormously powerful affair, with thundering fanfares” and says that “The finale (Vivace) returns to the power of the first movement; the development section, in particular, generates an enormous forward drive, and its coda is a brilliant conclusion to this highly masculine symphony.” Weil generates as much power as this medium-sized ensemble can muster, but nowhere near that of Leonard Bernstein’s New York Philharmonic, which uses only a few more strings ( Fanfare 33:2) and was once praised by Landon himself as one of “the great Haydn recordings of all time.” In the finale, some details of the fugal section are obscured by Weil’s hectic tempo. His is a fine performance nevertheless, on a par with that of Sigiswald Kuijken’s Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, whose string complement is only two less than Weil’s, and whose recordings of the “Paris” Symphonies have long been accepted as the standard period-practice set. Kuijken’s slower tempos (8:26 in that Vivace assai, to Weil’s 7: 20, both with full repeats) allow Haydn’s full power to emerge, but the playing is not as crisp as that by either Weil or Bernstein’s forces. Kuijken’s tempos are too slow for my taste; neither he nor Weill takes the Minuet da capo repeat, and only Weill takes the finale’s second repeat.


This being a reissue, there’s no space for detailed examination of all six performances, but the comparisons made above generally apply to the following five symphonies as well, except that Weil’s tempos are no longer exceptionally fast, and he doesn’t always take finale second repeats. If those performances seem less distinctive, it may be only that the other five symphonies, as fine as they are, are less dramatic and exciting than “The Bear.” Sony’s recorded sound is bright and clean, with fine detail, richer and clearer than that given Kuijken. There is much to like in both period-instrument sets, and Bernstein has been joined by another superb modern-instrument set, Kristjan Järvi leading the Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orchestra on Preiser ( Fanfare 33:4), brilliantly recorded in Vienna’s golden Musikverein. So Haydn’s “Paris” Symphonies are very well covered for all tastes.


FANFARE: James H. North

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Vivace assai 07:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Vivace assai
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  3. 2 II. Allegretto 06:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  4. 3 III. Minuet 03:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Minuet
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  5. 4 IV. Finale: Vivace 07:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  6. 5 I. Allegro spiritoso 07:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro spiritoso
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  7. 6 II. Andante 07:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  8. 7 III. Menuet - Trio: Allegretto 03:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuet - Trio: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  9. 8 IV. Finale: Vivace 05:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  10. 9 I. Largo - Allegro 07:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro
    Duration
    07:34
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  11. 10 II. Andante 07:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  12. 11 III. Menuet: Allegretto 02:48
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuet: Allegretto
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  13. 12 IV. Finale: Vivace 05:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 I. Adagio - Vivace 06:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Vivace
    Duration
    06:55
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  16. 2 II. Romance: Allegretto 07:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Romance: Allegretto
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  17. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 03:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  18. 4 IV. Finale: Presto 03:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  19. 5 I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso 08:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  20. 6 II. Capriccio: Largo 05:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Capriccio: Largo
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  21. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 05:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  22. 8 IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito 06:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  23. 9 I. Vivace 06:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  24. 10 II. Adagio 06:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  25. 11 III. Menuet 04:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuet
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  26. 12 IV. Finale: Vivace 06:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    06:25
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil