Haydn: Songs

Lisa Miln,e soprano; Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano; John Mark Ainsley, tenor; Roger Vignole, piano

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Arianna a Naxos HOB XXVIB:2 / Das Leben ist ein Traum HOB XXVIA:21 / Auch die sprödeste der Schönen HOB XXVIA:18 / Sailor's song HOB XXVIA:31 / Recollection HOB XXVIA:26 / The wanderer HOB XXVIA:32 / Pastoral song HOB XXVIA:27 / Piercing eyes HOB XXVIA:35 / Despair HOB XXVIA:28 / Sympathy HOB XXVIA:33 / Pleasing pain HOB XXVIA:29 / She never told her love HOB XXVIA:34 / The mermaid's song HOB XXVIA:25 / Transport of pleasure 'Content' HOB XXVIA:36 / Fidelity HOB XXVIA:30 / The spirit's song HOB XXVIA:41 / O tuneful voice HOB XXVIA:42

It is well known that Haydn was a favoured visitor to London towards the end of his life and spent much time in the English capital. In addition to the famous 'London' symphonies he wrote a considerable amount of other music whilst he was here, including chamber works and, particularly, songs, many of them to English words by his friend Anne Hunter. All of the famous ones are here, along with other, German, settings and the extended scena 'Arianna a Naxos', to an anonymous Italian text.
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