Joseph Haydn: Symphonies, Volume 1 (c. 1757-60) - The Academy of Ancient Music / Chrisopher Hogwood [BOX SET]

Franz Joseph Haydn (Performer), Christopher Hogwood (Performer), Robin Canter (Performer), Andrew Clark (Performer), James Ellis (Performer), Margaret Faultless (Performer), Barry Guy (Performer), Anthony Halstead (Performer), Katherine Hart (Performer), Christopher Hirons (Performer), Simon Jones (Performer), Marshall Marcus (Performer), Alastair Mitchell (Performer), Julia Bishop (Performer), Frank de Bruine (Performer), Miles Golding (Performer), Amanda MacNamara (Performer), Robert Maskell (Performer), Roger Montgomery (Performer), Peter Poole (Performer), Noel Rainbird (Performer), Amande de Bruine (Performer), Fiona Duncan (Performer), Rebecca Goldberg (Orchestra), Marie Knight (Artist), Pauline Nobes (Artist), David Blackadder (Artist), Benedict Hoffnung (Artist), The Academy of Ancient Music (Artist)

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• Performer: Franz Joseph Haydn, Christopher Hogwood, Robin Canter, Andrew Clark, James Ellis, et al.
• Orchestra: Rebecca Goldberg
• Audio CD (January 18, 1994)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
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• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000004CY3
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars JOSEPH HAYDN: SYMPHONIES, VOLUME 1 - ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC / CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD - RATED 5 STARS, June 6, 2008

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JOSEPH HAYDN: SYMPHONIES, VOLUME 1 (C. 1757-60) ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC / CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD [BOX SET]

QUITE SIMPLY A STUNNER CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE by the ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC!

RATED 5-STARS by classical music critics/enthusiasts as the numero uno authentic period instrument interpretations of JOSEPH HAYDN's COMPLETE SYMPHONIES! This CD by the ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (AAM), one of the world's first and top rated critically acclaimed classical period instrument orchestras, is a MUST HAVE CD FOR ALL JOSEPH HAYDN AFICIONADOS!

The ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC on this CD BOX SET was the first orchestra to record all of JOSEPH HAYDN's COMPLETE SYMPHONIES on period instruments!

JOSEPH'S HAYDN'S early first symphonies (see below) featured in this JOSEPH HAYDN SYMPHONIES VOLUME 1 CD BOX SET represent the early compositions pre-Esterházy. the ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC exhibits a stylish passionate symphonic performance with poise and vigor scored for strings, woodwinds, keyboards, percussion, and brass for all eleven (11) HAYDN SYMPHONIES:

Symphony No. 1 in D Major, H.1/1 (composed 1759)
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, H.1/2 (composed 1764)
Symphony No. 4 in D Major, H.1/4 (composed 1762)
Symphony No.5 in A Major, H.1/5 (composed 1762)
Symphony No.10 in D Major, H1/10 (composed 1766)
Symphony No.11 in E Major, H.1/11 (composed 1769)
Symphony No.18 in G Major, H.1/18 (composed 1766)
Symphony No.27 in G Major (BRUKENTHAL), H. 1/27 (composed 1766)
Symphony No.32 in C Major, H.1/32 (composed 1766)
Symphony No.37 in C Major, H.1/37 (composed 1758)
Symphony No.107 in B Major, H.1/107 also known as SYMPHONY A (composed 1762)

The majority of JOSEPH HAYDN'S SYMPHONIES are in the four-movement style (fast-slow-minuet-fast), with the remainder in the early Morzin style of three movements (fast-slow-fast).

HAYDN develops his use of the concertante in his EARLY SYMPHONIES with his diversity of style, command of counterpoint, and expressive use of melody and drama shine through, all of which become highyl refined and futher developed with impeccable mastery in his future MID-PERIOD and LATER-PERIOD SYMPHONIES.

MINI BIOGRAPHY - FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN,(1732-1809)a leading composer of the Classical Period in Western music (1750 to 1830), was called the FATHER OF THE SYMPHONY and FATHER OF THE STRING QUARTET. He used his middle name JOSEPH (NOT FRANZ) and was the brother of Michael Haydn, himself a highly regarded composer. A life-long resident of Austria, JOSEPH HAYDN spent most of his career as a court musician for the wealthy ESZTERHAZY FAMILY on their remote estate. Being isolated from other composers and trends in music, HAYDN was as he put it "FORCED TO BECOME ORIGINAL".

JOSEPH HAYDN as a classical music composer epitomized the aims and achievements of the Classical Period in Western music. HAYDN'S MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT WAS THAT HE DEVELOPED AND EVOLVED IN COUNTLESS SUBTLE WAYS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLE IN THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC: HIS PERFECTION OF THE SET OF EXPECTATIONS KNOWN AS SONATA FORM MADE AN EPOCHAL IMPACT ON ALL CLASSICAL MUSIC WRITTEN AFTER HIM. IN HUNDREDS OF INSTRUMENTAL SONATAS, STRING QUARTETS, AND SYMPHONIES, JOSEPH HAYDN BOTH BROKE NEW GROUND AND PROVIDED DURABLE CLASSICAL MUSIC MODELS ALONG WITH WOLFGANG MOZART AS ONE OF ORIGINAL CREATORS OF MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC. JOSEPH HAYDN'S INFLUENCE AND LEGACY UPON LATER CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSERS WAS IMMEASURABLE ESPECIALLY HIS STUDENT LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN!

Joseph Haydn's 108 symphonies were written between 1759 and 1795. Haydn's symphonies range from the relatively modest local court orchestra of two oboes, two horns and strings to the greater complexity of his larger full scale symphony as used in Haydn's famed twelve LONDON SYMPHONIES written for performance in London under the direction of the German violinist Salomon.

As the MOST IMPORTANT CLASSICAL MUSIC FORM FOR THE ORCHESTRA, the SYMPHONY GENRE OWES A GREAT DEBT TO JOSEPH'S HAYDN'S REFINEMENT of 108 symphonies over a period of almost 40 years. Haydn's first symphonies were composed at the age of 24 in 1758 while his last symphonies for London were composed from 1791 to 1795. All of Joseph Haydn's 108 symphonies are immensely inventive classical music works that had there not been another hundred to follow every classical music lover would know and which would be widely performed and recorded!