Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor Joseph Haydn, Composer Cologne Chamber Orchestra Augustin Hadelich, Violin Concerto for Violin and Strings Helmut Müller-Brühl, ...

On period instruments the wind concertos of the classical era take on a different personality. The plush uniformity of modern instruments is replaced by solo playing of quirky charisma. In Mozart’s ...

Sonata for Keyboard No. 38 Joseph Haydn, Composer Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano Sonata for Keyboard No. 54 Joseph Haydn, Composer Sonata for Keyboard No. 60 Joseph Haydn, Composer Anne-Marie McDermott, ...

Haydn's violin concertos are a bit of a puzzle. He composed four in all, of which the Second is lost. The First was written in 1765 for one Luigi Tomasini, an Italian violinist at the Esterháza court.

Demonstrating the many facets of the cello - from growling low chords to tripping semiquaver scales in the instrument's sweet high register - Haydn redefined orchestral playing with his fantastic ...

Stefano Montanari (violin), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord) L'Oiseau Lyre 478 2243 *** The three concertos recorded here on period instruments are for keyboard (the Concerto in D, ...

Think Haydn’s concertos are all refined classical affairs? Check out the power and guts of this thrilling performance, which won a young soloist a major prize. This was one of those occasions when a ...

Joseph Haydn was an Austrian musician who spent most of his career in the service of an aristocratic family in Hungary but became one of the most famous and well-respected composers of his time. As ...

Humorous, earnest, prolific and always deeply humane, the Austrian composer is credited with inventing the symphony and the string quartet. Even if that’s not strictly true, his creativity shaped ...