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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 82 96 & 100

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Details

Composer
HAYDN
Artist
Barry, Capella Istropolitana, Wordsworth
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 06, 1988
Catalog #
8550139
UPC
730099513920

About

Joseph Haydn was as prolific as any eighteenth century composer, his fecundity a matter, in good pan, of the nature of his employment and the length of his life. Born in 1732 in the village of Rohrau, the son of a wheelwright, he was recruited to the choir of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna at the age of eight, later earning a living as best he could as a musician in the capital and making useful acquaintances through his association with Metastasio, the Court Poet, and the composer Nicola Porpora. The first movement opens, as do most of the London symphonies, with a slow introduction, the solo oboe leading to the Allegro, in which the first violin proposes the principal theme, followed by a subsidiary theme in which the woodwind instruments at first answer the first violin. The development seems to end with a sudden pause, but what follows is in another key, leading eventually to the recapitulation proper. The G Major slow movement allows the wind instruments a gradually increasing share, after the announcement of the principal theme by the first violin. There is a Minor middle section, before the return of the main theme, with scoring for two solo violins. The Minuet calls for the full orchestra, with it's flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets and drums, while the companion Trio is dominated by the solo oboe. The finale is opened by the strings with the principal theme, a lively and delicate rondo, that includes an excursion into the Minor, with the same theme, and a contrapuntal development of the material. Symphony No. 82 in C Major, the first of the set, was written in 1786, one of a second group of three in order of composition. All seem to have been played for the first time during the 1787 concert season, when they were enthusiastically received. No. 85 appealed particularly to Queen Marie Antoinette, and was thereafter known as La Reine, while No. 83 became known as La poule, a reference to the clucking of a first movement melody rather than to any lady of the French court. No. 82 won the nickname L'Ours, The Bear, from the bagpipe bear-dance that opens it's last movement. The symphony provides a fine opportunity for the premier coup d'archet, the unanimous attack at the beginning of a work, a feature on which French orchestras prided themselves and that Mozart had found unexceptional. The gentler second subject of the first movement follows relatively startling discords. The slow movement, not a particularly slow one, offers two themes, the first in F Major, the second, a related one, in F Minor. These elements are repeated with variations, with a final repetition of an even more varied version of the first theme, followed by a coda. The French-style Menuet and it's contrasting Trio leads to the famous finale, with it's opening bagpipe drone from the cellos and double basses, and bear-dance violin melody, elements that dominate the rest of a remarkable movement.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Vivace assai 08:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Vivace assai
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  2. 2 II. Allegretto 06:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  3. 3 III. Menuet 03:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuet
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Vivace 04:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  5. 5 I. Adagio - Allegro 06:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  6. 6 II. Andante 05:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  7. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 05:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  8. 8 IV. Finale: Vivace assai 03:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace assai
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  9. 9 I. Adagio - Allegro 07:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  10. 10 II. Allegretto 06:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  11. 11 III. Menuet: Moderato 05:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuet: Moderato
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  12. 12 IV. Finale: Presto 05:24
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth