Favourite Haydn recordings

[verismissimo]

Consequence of this thread, I'm re-auditioning H's masses and particularly loving St Nicholas and Theresienmesse by English Consort / Pinnock.

Thanks to whoever recommended!

[BBMmk2]

Consequence of this thread, I'm re-auditioning H's masses and particularly loving St Nicholas and Theresienmesse by English Consort / Pinnock.

Thanks to whoever recommended!

JEGGERS and Hickox are good too.

[MickyD]

If you want boys' voices in the Masses, the Preston/Hogwood and Bruno Weil versions are very pleasing.

[CallMePaul]

I was given a set of Rudolf Buchbinder's complete recording of the Haydn piano sonatas (plus a few extras on the last disc) at Christmas 2016. This has allowed me to get to know the early sonatas as well as the later, better-known ones. Although aware of him earlier, I first took notice of Buchbinder when I heard most of his Edinburgh Festival Beethoven cycle on R3. In my view he is an under-rated pianist in the Viennese tradition - I am aware that some people find his interpretations insufficiently characterised, but to me his understated interpretations allow the music to speak for itself. It is a shame that he did not record the keyboard version of the Seven Last Words.

[Barbirollians]

Szell's recordings of six late symphonies have very much joined my pantheon - and have rediscovered a missing CD of Pinnock's Nelson Mass recording - very good indeed.

[BBMmk2]

CoE, Abbado Symphonies. LSO/Colin Davis Symphonies.
Piano Sonatas Marc Andre Hamlin
The Seasons Colin Davis, Gardiner, Dorati.
Creation McCreesh, Rattle, Gardiner.

[Alison]

Having a sudden Haydn symphony craze now.

Any votes for 52 and 73? Wonderful music.

[Pulcinella]

Having a sudden Haydn symphony craze now.

Any votes for 52 and 73? Wonderful music.

Yes!
The single-CD compilations in my collection that I particularly enjoy are:
60, 70, 90 (CBSO/Rattle; possibly a jlw recommendation)
31, 59, 73 (Concentus musicus Wien/Harnoncourt)

I'm also happy with the two 2CD sets of the London (RCO/Davis) that I already had.

[Petrushka]

Having a sudden Haydn symphony craze now.

Any votes for 52 and 73? Wonderful music.

I have a great fondness for the Symphony No 86, probably my favourite after 102. I have Colin Davis and the Concertgebouw in No 86 on LP but I can't find a CD issue. Is there one?

My favourite Haydn minuet is that to 88. It goes with a tremendous swing.

[LMcD]

26/35/49 Northern Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Ward
92/104/Mozart 'Paris' English Sinfonia Groves
83/94/101 Capella Istropolitana Wordworth

[Bryn]

I have a great fondness for the Symphony No 86, probably my favourite after 102. I have Colin Davis and the Concertgebouw in No 86 on LP but I can't find a CD issue. Is there one? . . .

Very strange that it was not included in the 2016 Symphonies box.

[Petrushka]

Very strange that it was not included in the 2016 Symphonies box.

Yes, I specifically looked for the Haydn 86 but as it wasn't there I passed on the set as there was too much duplication otherwise.

[rauschwerk]

No. 21 in A, which I am sure would be played as often as No. 22 if only it had a nickname!

[Bryn]

Yes, I specifically looked for the Haydn 86 but as it wasn't there I passed on the set as there was too much duplication otherwise.

And yet number 98, with which 86 was coupled on the LP issue, is included in the box.

[HighlandDougie]

I have a great fondness for the Symphony No 86, probably my favourite after 102. I have Colin Davis and the Concertgebouw in No 86 on LP but I can't find a CD issue. Is there one?

My favourite Haydn minuet is that to 88. It goes with a tremendous swing.

It seems that Colin Davis's No 86 has never been released on CD, not even in Japan. Some comment about it on the amazon.com website. I think that I still have the LP.