Haydn 2032 Vol.16: The Surprise | Alpha - Haydn 2032 ALPHA698

Haydn 2032 Vol.16: The Surprise

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Label: Alpha - Haydn 2032

Cat No: ALPHA698

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st November 2024

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‘Joseph Haydn not only liked surprising his audiences, he also enjoyed a laugh’, writes Christian Moritz-Bauer in the introduction to this sixteenth volume of the Haydn2032 complete recording of the symphonies. Take, for instance, the false conclusion of Symphony no.90, composed in 1788: the music seems to have reached the last chord but, after a pause, the movement resumes to end with a powerful coda. Another example of Haydn’s mischievous wit is the famous Andante ‘with the drumstroke’ that forms the ‘surprise’ of Symphony no.94, a fortissimo chord designed to wake up audiences who dozed off towards the end of his concerts... In this volume focused on humour, Giovanni Antonini pays tribute to a great admirer of Haydn, Gioachino Rossini, by recording the sparkling opening Sinfonia of La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder), a one-act opera written in 1812.

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