JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & Seven Last Words The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Haydn's 'Seven Last Words' (heard here in the composer's own arrangement for string quartet) is simply sublime, and a fitting testimonial to the composer's deep, enduring faith. It provides an apt and generous coupling for the two magnificent Op 77... |
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Haydn: Symphony No. 100 & Nelson Mass Handel and Haydn Society, Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Experience two grand classics, alive with all the excitement and verve of their very first performances. Thrill to one of Haydn's masterful 'London' symphonies that wowed England's capital - the smash hit 'Military', so-called for intense depictions... |
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Haydn: London Symphony No. 99 / Harmoniemesse Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Four superb soloists join Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society for Haydn's last great Mass. The Handel and Haydn Society continues its acclaimed Haydn exploration on CORO with one of the composer's last major works - the dramatic... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: London Symphony No.103 / Theresienmesse Harry Christophers & Handel and Haydn Society [ Coro / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] The Handel and Haydn Society celebrates Haydn with a dazzling pairing of two of the composer's masterpieces. In one of his final performances as Artistic Director of the Society, Harry Christophers leads the ensemble and a stellar cast of soloists... |
ELTON JOHHN
John: Billy Elliot - The Musical Haydn Gwynne & Tim Healy / Original Cast Recording [ Decca / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] Billy Elliot: The Musical is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: String Quartets, Nos. 1 and 2 Haydn Quartet, Budapest [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] "The Haydn Quartet of Budapest play both works with a passionate display of Slavonic temperament" - Penguin Guide |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 71 & 74 The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "The group's period-instrument sonority and basic approach will be familiar from earlier releases in this series: sparing use of vibrato (but liberal use of rubato), observance of all repeats in the outer movements, broad tempos and a clear, layered... |
JOSEF HAYDN
String Quartets, Op. 17 (2 CDs) The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] The quartets are performed here on period instruments by the dazzling London Haydn Quartet, whose disc of the Op 9 quartets drew the most extravagant praise from the critics. Their second disc has been eagerly awaited, and comes as part of Hyperion's... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 Nos. 1-6 (complete) [2 CDs] The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op 50 'Prussian' The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] The London Haydn Quartet turns to the six Op 50 quartets. More serious-intellectually taut-than the Op 33 'Russian' quartets which they follow in Haydn's output, these six 'Prussian' quartets dazzle in such committed performances as these. |