Tafelmusik Plays Haydn Symphonies - 7 CDs

Sony Classical is pleased to announce another ten releases in its increasingly comprehensive series of Classical Masters. These new budget-priced releases contain classic recordings, many of them newly remastered, by some of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Toronto-based period-instrument ensemble Tafelmusik “has built in its special field a reputation as solid as those of the New York or Berlin philharmonics,” declared The Washington Post, while the New York Times praised its “impeccable discipline and luminous [and] expressive sensibility”. This reissue of their Haydn recordings collects a wide range of symphonies, from his Sturm und Drang period (Nos. 41–65), the grand “Paris” Symphonies, (Nos. 82–87) and the three no less miraculous works that followed them (Nos. 88–90). “Tafelmusik under Bruno Weil offers an account of these trail-blazing masterworks that’s as near definitive as you can get …” (BBC Music Magazine); “They were born to play Haydn” (Classic CD); “The Sony Tafelmusik recordings set new standards in this repertoire” (Penguin Guide).

DISC 1 - CD     

Sinfonia No. 41 in C Major, Hob. I:41    

1     I. Allegro con spirito    

2     II. Un poco andante    

3     III. Menuet - Trio    

4     IV. Finale - Presto        

Sinfonia No. 42 in D Major, Hob. I:42    

5     I. Moderato e maestoso    

6     II. Andantino e cantabile    

7     III. Menuet - Allegretto - Trio    

8     IV. Finale - Scherzando e presto        

Sinfonia No. 43 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:43 "Mercury"    

9     I. Allegro    

10     II. Adagio    

11     III. Menuetto - Trio    

12     IV. Finale - Allegro     

DISC 2 - CD     

Sinfonia No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44 "Trauer"    

1     I. Allegro con brio    

2     II. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio    

3     III. Adagio    

4     IV. Finale - Presto        

Sinfonia No. 51 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:51    

5     I. Vivace    

6     II. Adagio    

7     III. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II    

8     IV. Finale - Allegro        

Sinfonia No. 52 in C Minor, Hob. I:52    

9     I. Allegro assai con brio    

10     II. Andante    

11     III. Menuetto - Allegretto - Trio    

12     IV. Finale - Presto     

DISC 3 - CD     

Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Hob. I:45 "Farewell"    

1     I. Allegro assai    

2     II. Adagio    

3     III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio    

4     IV. Finale - Presto        

Sinfonia in B Major, Hob. I:46    

5     I. Vivace    

6     II. Poco adagio    

7     III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio    

8     IV. Finale - Presto e scherzando        

Sinfonia in G Major, Hob. I:47    

9     I. (Allegro)    

10     II. Un poco adagio, cantabile    

11     III. Menuet - Trio    

12     IV. Finale - Presto assai     

DISC 4 - CD     

Symphony No. 50 in C Major, Hob. I:50    

1     I. Adagio e maestoso - Allegro di molto    

2     II. Andante moderato    

3     III. Menuet - Trio    

4     IV. Finale - Presto        

Symphony No. 64 in A Major, Hob. I:64 "Tempora mutantur"    

5     I. Allegro con spirito    

6     II. Largo    

7     III. Menuet & III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio Allegretto - Trio    

8     IV. Finale - Presto        

Symphony No. 65 in A Major, Hob. I:65    

9     I. Vivace e con spirito    

10     II. Andante    

11     III. Menuetto - Trio    

12     IV. Finale - Presto     

DISC 5 - CD     

Symphony No. 82 in C Major, Hob. I:82 "The Bear"    

1     I. Vivace assai    

2     II. Allegretto    

3     III. Menuet - Trio    

4     IV. Finale - Vivace        

Symphony No. 83 in G Minor, Hob. I:83 "The Hen"    

5     I. Allegro spiritoso    

6     II. Andante    

7     III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio    

8     IV. Finale - Vivace        

Symphony No. 84 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:84    

9     I. Largo - Allegro    

10     II. Andante    

11     III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio    

12     IV. Finale - Vivace     

DISC 6 - CD     

Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:85    

1     I. Adagio - Vivace    

2     II. Romance - Allegretto    

3     III. Menuet - Allegretto - Trio    

4     IV. Finale - Presto        

Symphony No. 86 in D Major, Hob.I:86    

5     I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso    

6     II. Capriccio - Largo    

7     III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio    

8     IV. Finale - Allegro con spirito        

Symphony No. 87 in A Major, Hob.I:87    

9     I. Vivace    

10     II. Adagio    

11     III. Menuet - Trio    

12     IV. Finale - Vivace     

DISC 7 - CD     

Symphony in G Major, Hob. I: 88    

1     I. Adagio - Allegro    

2     II. Largo    

3     III. Menuetto - Allegretto    

4     IV. Finale - Allegro con spirito        

Symphony in F Major, Hob. I: 89    

5     I. Vivace    

6     II. Andante con moto    

7     III. Menuet - Allegretto    

8     IV. Finale - Vivace assai        

Symphony in C Major, Hob. I: 90    

9     I. Adagio - Allegro assai    

10     II. Andante    

11     III. Menuet    

12     IV. Allegro assai