This Haydn Society 2CD set features little-known chamber works from the first and last decades of the composer’s life.

Haydn completed nine Notturni (one is lost) - this group of eight works for chamber players is in effect a collection of three-movement divertimenti.

The six Scherzandi date from pre 1765 and are in effect miniature symphonies and are scored for two violins and basso continuo, flute, 2 oboes and 2 horns.

The Trinity Haydn Ensemble was created in 2009 as part of a Haydn bi-centennial collaborative project shared between members of Trinity College of Music and the Haydn Society of Great Britain.

The Jessop Haydn Ensemble was formed as a collaborative project between the Haydn Society of Great Britain and the University of Sheffield in 2012. It offers young prospective professional musicians the opportunity to develop their skills in aspects of 18th century performance practice through recording and performance.

Denis McCaldin is a conductor and a music historian. He is Director of the Haydn Society of Great Britain and Professor Emeritus of Performance Studies in Music at Lancaster University. Denis McCaldin retains a particular interest in Joseph Haydn and in choral and instrumental music of the 18th and 20th centuries. He has published performing editions of a number of Haydn's works including his Te Deum, F major Mass, Little Organ Mass and Nelson Mass as well as critical studies of Mahler, Stravinsky, and Beethoven's choral music.

Denis McCaldin is also in demand as a lecturer and broadcaster, contributing to special projects such as BBC Radio 3’s The Virtuoso Chamber Orchestra and Settling the Score, as well as Proms interval talks and magazine programmes.