This week's pick is a recording of Haydn's London symphonies. During the course of 2009, orchestras across the world will be commemorating the 200th anniversary year of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn ...

Two ‘London’ Symphony recordings arrive emblazoned with icons of the city: Tower Bridge, largely obscured by Thomas Fey, and Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower, peeping out from behind a red letterbox. This ...

As a legacy, this album confirms Sir Colin Davis' brilliance as a conductor of Haydn. Haydn conceived his innovative late symphonies on a large scale, and they surpassed even his own normal high ...

However, the nickname of the Symphony Number 104 “London” is not derived from any musical component, but is instead a rather arbitrary name given to the last of Haydn’s so-called “London Symphonies,” ...

Joseph Haydn is every bit the equal of Mozart and Beethoven but loses out in popular appeal because he was so prolific. Very few of his invariably excellent pieces stand out from the crowd the way ...

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 ...

Late in his career, Joseph Haydn spent some leisure time in London, lapping up the wealth of praise and composing a formidable set of 12... Haydn's Finest, For London Haydn's Finest, For London To ...

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Richard Wigmore for Building a Library sifts through some of the available recordings of Haydn Symphony No. 99 in E flat and comes up with a recommendation. By the time Haydn wrote his ninety-ninth ...

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 ...