BaL 23.11.19 - Haydn: Symphony no. 102

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

09.30
Building a Library: Sarah Walker joins Andrew in the studio to discuss and recommend a recording of Haydn's Symphony No 102.
The tenth of Haydn's so-called 'London' symphonies, it was specially commissioned for performance in the city. In the hands of an insightful interpreter, it can be in turns joyous, incisive, and moving - Sarah guides us to the ultimate must-have version.

Available recordings:-

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
CBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ivor Bolton
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Orchestra A Scarlatti di Napoli della RAI, Sergiu Celibidache
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies *
Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati *
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer
Hanover Band, Roy Goodman
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Kammerorchester Salzburg, Albert Hartmann
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Günther Herbig
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum *
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer *
Orchestre National de Paris, Paul Kletzki
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray *
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Rafael Kubelík
La Petite Bande,Sigiswald Kuijken
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner *
French National Radio Orchestra, Igor Markevitch
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner *
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Ernst Märzendorfer
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray *
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Roger Norrington
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater *
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman (SACD)
London Festival Orchestra, Ross Pople *
Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle *
SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Hans Rosbaud
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen *
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley
Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate *
Camerata Academica Salzburg, Sándor Végh
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter *
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth

* = download only

[jayne lee wilson]

Scherchen, Rattle, Bruggen, Kuijken, Norrington (SWR).... just about got it covered here....

[vinteuil]

Scherchen, Rattle, Bruggen, Kuijken, Norrington (SWR).... just about got it covered here....

... surely you're going to promote Fey and the Heidelbergers too?




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[mikealdren]

After the recent Bach, I wonder whether any non HIPP performances will get a look in? It will be a shame to miss out on Beecham et al as well as more recent offerings such as the Davis/Concertgebouw.

[visualnickmos]

After the recent Bach, I wonder whether any non HIPP performances will get a look in? It will be a shame to miss out on Beecham et al as well as more recent offerings such as the Davis/Concertgebouw.

One of my favs definitely won't! I just love Leonard Bernstein's Haydn - pure exuberance.

[Goon525]

I really enjoyed Minkowski's set of the London symphonies.

[Petrushka]

This is my favourite Haydn symphony, a joy from beginning to end, and Concertgebouw/Davis is my favourite recording of it.

CBSO/Rattle comes a close second.

[verismissimo]

Scherchen, Rattle, Bruggen, Kuijken, Norrington (SWR).... just about got it covered here....

For me: Beecham, Dorati, Davis, Minkowski … open to others!

[jayne lee wilson]

... surely you're going to promote Fey and the Heidelbergers too?




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I only promote the cause of those I've heard; I never yet heard this one as I've tended to concentrate on Sturm und Drang Symphonies in recent years (where Fey and latterly, Spillner, have excelled)....but if I did hear it... probably!

I'll try to seek it out soon....

[edashtav]

I really enjoyed Minkowski's set of the London symphonies.

Me, too.

[Edgy 2]

This is my favourite Haydn symphony, a joy from beginning to end, and Concertgebouw/Davis is my favourite recording of it.

Having listened to this for the first time this evening,I have to agree.

[vinteuil]

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... perhaps to add to Alpie's excellent list (for which many many thanks) - Günther Herbig :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000084I3Y

I like Kuijken, Minkowski, Brüggen, Harnoncourt, Goodman, Fey, Abbado, both Norringtons - among others

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[LeMartinPecheur]

Just Dorati, Davis and Harnoncourt here. May be open to convincing BaL recommendations. Or possibly convincing non-recommendations

[verismissimo]

I've been comparing and contrasting two much admired recordings - trad Concertgebouw/Davis and HIPP Minkowski - and discover that it's in the following symphony 103, the Drumroll, that the contrast is so striking, right from the first bar.

What a pleasure this week is turning into.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

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... perhaps to add to Alpie's excellent list (for which many many thanks) - Günther Herbig :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000084I3Y

I like Kuijken, Minkowski, Brüggen, Harnoncourt, Goodman, Fey, Abbado, both Norringtons - among others

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