Symphony No. 60, 'Il distratto' Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Joseph Haydn, Composer Thomas Fey, Conductor Symphony No. 61 Thomas Fey, Conductor Joseph Haydn, Composer Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra ...

Pity poor HobI:107, aka Symphony ‘A’. Long thought to be a quartet (Op 1 No 5) rather than a symphony – until a set of oboe and horn parts were belatedly discovered – it is barely ever recorded ...

Even allowing for the much shorter duration of symphonies in Haydn's day – his Symphony No. 2 is at 10 minutes a model of elegant brevity – his output of over 100 symphonies, compiled here across 37 ...

A complete cycle of Haydn’s 104 symphonies on period instruments has always seemed just out of reach. After two earlier cycles were aborted part way through Decca decided to bring those together and ...

The first of Haydn's Esterhazy symphonies, in Le Matin nothing is taken for granted, and its musical structure is full of startling moments How else should the most productive period of symphonic ...

Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...

Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...

Is Joseph Haydn's music boring? Not at all, say Paavo Järvi and the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. On their musical journey through Haydn's symphonic works, they discover new and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. For most of us a standard diary, or a five-year one at best, is sufficient for booking engagements. Imagine having ...

Stephen Moss by the Welcome to Eisenstadt (Haydnstadt) sign, Austria. Photograph: David Levene/Guardian Joseph Haydn's problem is that he didn't die young or go deaf. He survived until he was 77 and ...