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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