Haydn: 107 Symphonies On Period Instruments

Christopher Hogwood, Frans Brüggen, Ottavio Dantone

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 104 (complete) Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise' The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military' The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London' The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

“Haydn was looking to the future but he was simultaneously tied to the emotional world of the past. With period instruments, one can better recreate the expression of those emotions.” Ottavio Dantone
This is a major milestone not only for Decca but for the musical world’s understanding of Joseph Haydn, the Father of the Symphony. For the FIRST time ever, his Complete Symphonies – all 107 of them – can now be heard in historically-informed performance style, on period instruments. The way Haydn would have heard them. This 35CD set features two of the most prominent period instrument pioneers, the late and much-admired Christopher Hogwood and Frans Brüggen. Notably, the collection also includes 4 newly-recorded symphonies by Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone especially for this project – Nos 78 to 81. An interview about the project by Richard Wigmore from the new issue of ‘Gramophone’ is attached.

Price: $121.98