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Haydn Baryton Trios: Treasures from the Esterháza Palace

Haydn Baryton Trios: Treasures from the Esterháza Palace

I remember seeing an LP set for Haydn's "Baryton Trios" in the 1980s and wondering what on earth that was all about. It's all down to employment: Haydn's employer, Prince Nikolaus of Esterházy’s and his infatuation with the instrument that compelled

Happy birthday, Mozart: from The Mozartists

Live Performance

Happy birthday, Mozart: from The Mozartists

Ian Page really does represent a perfect marriage of musicology and performance

The Chiaroscuro Quartet return in Haydn

The Chiaroscuro Quartet return in Haydn

The Chiaroscuro Quartet can, it seems, do no wrong

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber impresses at Southbank

Live Performance

Conductor Omer Meir Wellber impresses at Southbank

Sometimes substitutions, especially last-minute ones, result in s frisson that elevates a performance to great heights

Haydn from Denmark: Symphonies 99-101

Haydn from Denmark: Symphonies 99-101

A rather enjoyable disc!

More sublime Haydn Piano Trios from Trio Gaspard

More sublime Haydn Piano Trios from Trio Gaspard

A terrific disc, full of life, and yet full, also, of timeless wisdom

Barbara Hannigan and the LSO's unforgettable season opener

Live Performance

Barbara Hannigan and the LSO's unforgettable season opener

A simply stunning start for the 2023/24 season from the LSO

René Jacobs conducts Haydn’s Stabat Mater

René Jacobs conducts Haydn’s Stabat Mater

A beautiful, brilliant recording that deserves each and every accolade it will receive

Celibidache returns: Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Celibidache returns: Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Another example of the work of this remarkable conductor - the Tchaikovsky should be on everyone’s shelves

Haydn Nelson Mass and more from much-missed Richard Hickox

Haydn Nelson Mass and more from much-missed Richard Hickox

This is an umnissable, beautiful disc

Haydn Theresienmesse & Symphony 103, Harry Christophers

Haydn Theresienmesse & Symphony 103, Harry Christophers

A stunning disc. Whether you buy it for the symphony with mass as bonus, or vice versa, there is no going wrong here. Superb

Dem Erzherzog gewidmet: A noble Archduke in Gsteig

Dem Erzherzog gewidmet: A noble Archduke in Gsteig

Chamber music in the gorgeous setting of Gsteig, Switzerland

REPOST Jordi Savall conducts Haydn's Die Schöpfung

REPOST Jordi Savall conducts Haydn's Die Schöpfung

Everything - recorded sound, performance standard, sheer élan - conspires to bring us a performance to overshadow all others

More sheer joy: the Chiaroscuro Quartet completes Haydn's Op. 76

More sheer joy: the Chiaroscuro Quartet completes Haydn's Op. 76

This disc glows with life!

More Sturm und Drang from The Mozartists

More Sturm und Drang from The Mozartists

A vigorous, bracing performance of a lesser-known Haydn Symphony opens this latest disc of Sturm und Drang music from The Mozartists: the G minor, No. 39 (1765). This is the second volume (of a projected seven) that concentrates on music composed between the early 1760s and the early 1780s: music