Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88 - 92
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Composer: Franz Joseph HaydnConductor: Sigiswald Kuijken
Orchestra: Les Petite Bande
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-06-08
Music Label: Virgin Veritas
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Symphony No. 88 In G Major: I. Adagio - Allegro
- Symphony No. 88 In G Major: II. Largo
- Symphony No. 88 In G Major: III. Allegreto
- Symphony No. 88 In G Major: IV. Allegro con spirito
- Symphony No. 89 In F Major: I. Vivace
- Symphony No. 89 In F Major: II. Andante con moto
- Symphony No. 89 In F Major: III. Menuet
- Symphony No. 89 In F Major: IV. Vivace assai
- Symphony no. 92 in G major: I: Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
- Symphony no. 92 in G major: II: Adagio
- Symphony no. 92 in G major: III: Allegretto
- Symphony no. 92 in G major: IV: Presto
- Symphony in C major, No. 90: I. Adagio - Allegro assai
- Symphony in C major, No. 90: II. Andante
- Symphony in C major, No. 90: III. Menuet
- Symphony in C major, No. 90: IV. Allegro assai
- Symphony in E flat major, No. 91: I. Largo - Allegro assai
- Symphony in E flat major, No. 91: II. Andante
- Symphony in E flat major, No. 91: III. Menuet
- Symphony in E flat major, No. 91: IV. Vivace
Free Music Notes for Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88 - 92
Free Music Review: Rapid Tempi, Delightful Winds
Hit: 4 Stars
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Symphonies Nos. 88 (G Major), 89 (F Major), 92 "Oxford" (G Major), 90 (C Major) und 91 (E flat major). Performed by: La Petite Bande, dir. Sigiswald Kuijken. Recorded in the "Doopsgezinde Gemeentekerk", Haarlem, the Netherlands in October 1989 (Symphonies 90 and 91) und February 1991 (Symphonies 88, 89, 92). First published in 1990/1992. Re-issued as a budget-priced 2-CD box in 1999. Total playing time: 129'34".
Sigiswald Kuijken's recordings of the great later symphonies by Joseph Haydn were made with two different orchestras (La Petite Bande and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment) and for two different labels (Virgin Classics and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi), and some of the symphonies were, moreover, recorded in a church, others in London's Abbey Road studios. All this makes a unified evaluation difficult, and although I really appreciate the 2 CD box with Symphonies 88 thru 92, I feel I can only award it four stars for the following reasons:
1. The recordings of the "Paris symphonies" (Nos. 82 thru 87) with the OAE (which, I assume, was a rather larger body of musicians than La Petite Bande), made in the Abbey Road studios, pleased me somewhat better. The reason for this may be the glorious melodies of the Paris symphonies which Haydn did not quite achieve again in his Tost and D'Ogny symphonies. But the reason may also be the superior musicianship of the OAE or perhaps even the sound engineering.
2. These recordings of symphonies 88 thru 92 are sonically more than adequate, are not, however, able to bear comparison with some newer CDs with similar repertoire. I am thinking here in particular of Nikolaus Harnoncourt's new recording of the Paris symphonies for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (Haydn: The Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87), where the fullness of sound and the clarity - despite the use of period instruments - put the efforts of La Petite Bande somewhat in perspective.
3. The documentation provided by Virgin Classics is skimpy, to say the least. The notes by Ad?laide de Place, if read in French or German, may just about be acceptable, but the English version certainly is not. And all further information concerning the strength of the orchestra, the names of the players or the instruments used is held back - to my mind, this is making a saving in the wrong quarter (especially considering that large portions of the 8 page booklet are almost empty).
All this should not, of course, mislead anyone into discarding these two CDs. Sigiswald Kuijken is a Haydn connaisseur of the first quality and was here very carefully at work, if you listen exactly to what is going on. The symphonies "live" on dynamic contrasts and on the interplay between the tutti-strings and the concertant winds, and while listening I was more than once astounded at how well Kuijken, himself a violinist, was leading his wind instruments. Above and beyond this, the constantly rapid tempi and Kuijken's obvious penchant for Haydn's wit and humor are beneficial to the whole. Of the five symphonies recorded here, only one - No. 92 - has acquired a nickname ("London"), but the other symphonies, too, are well worth a listen, even if they are, today, seldom heard in the concert hall - Haydn was bristling with ideas all the time.
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