Joseph Haydn – Orlando Paladino

Joseph Haydn – Orlando Paladino Recorded at the Grande Salle, Epalinges, Switzerland in June 1976 About this opera: The Philips series, conducted by Antal Dorati, was an eye-opener and by general consent Orlando Paladino was the masterpiece. It is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn which was first performed at Eszterháza on 6 [...]

Joseph Haydn – L’Isola Disabitata (Eszterházy Opera Cycle)

Joseph Haydn -  L’Isola Disabitata Recorded at The Grand Salle, Epalinges, Switzerland on May 1977 About this Opera: L’isola disabitata (“The Desert Island”), Hob. 28/9, is an opera (azione teatrale in due parte) by Joseph Haydn, his tenth opera, written for the Eszterházy court and premiered December 6, 1779. The libretto by Pietro Metastasio was [...]

Joseph Haydn – The Seasons

Joseph Haydn -  The Seasons Recorded at the Grosser Saal, Musikverein in Viena between April and May 1967. About this work: The Seasons (German: Die Jahreszeiten) is an oratorio by Joseph Haydn (H. 21/3). Haydn was led to write The Seasons by the great success of his previous oratorio The Creation (1798), which had become [...]

Joseph Haydn – L’Infedeltà Delusa (Eszterhaza Opera Cycle)

Joseph Haydn -   L’Infedeltà Delusa Recorded at The Grand Salle, Epalinges, Switzerland on June 1980 About this opera: L’infedeltà delusa (“Deceit Outwitted”), Hob. 28/5, is an operatic burletta per musica by Joseph Haydn. The Italian libretto was by Marco Coltellini, perhaps reworked by Carl Friberth who also took part in the first performance. The earliest [...]

Joseph Haydn – The Creation

Joseph Haydn -  The Creation Recorded at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin betwen February 1966 and April 1969. About this work: The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written between 1796 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (H. 21/2), and considered by many to be his masterpiece. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world [...]

Josep Haydn – Violin & Cello Concertos

Josep Haydn – Violin & Cello Concertos Recorded in the United Kingdom on January 1972 (Cello Concertos) and May 1980 (Violin Concertos) About this work: It’s amazing how great musicians come in pairs–think of Bach and Handel, Haydn and Mozart–and often with complimentary abilities. Mozart was the ultimate concerto composer, Haydn the great symphonist. And [...]

Joseph Haydn – L’Incontro Improvviso (Eszterhaza Opera Cycle)

Joseph Haydn – L’Incontro Improvviso Recorded at The Grand Salle, Epalinges, Switzerland on September 1977 (opera) and June 1980 (arias). About this Opera: L’incontro improvviso (The unexpected encounter) is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn first performed at Eszterháza on 29 August 1775 to mark the four-day visit of Archduke Ferdinand, Habsburg governor [...]

Joseph Haydn – Missa “Sunt Bonna Mixta Malis” & Ofertorium “Non Nobis, Domine”

Joseph Haydn – Missa “Sunt Bonna Mixta Malis” & Ofertorium “Non Nobis, Domine” Recorded at The Stadtpfarrkirche Bad Tötz, Germany on June 4, 1992. World première. About this work: The obvious importance of this new release is the first appearance on disc of two recent Haydn discoveries, the brief Offertorium Non nobis, Domine and fragments [...]

Joseph Haydn – La Vera Costanza (Eszterhaza Opera Cycle)

Joseph Haydn -  La Vera Costanza (Eszterhaza Opera Cycle) Recorded at The Grand Salle, Epalinges, Switzerland on May 1976 About the Opera: La vera costanza (“True Constancy”), Hob. 28/8, is an operatic dramma giocoso by Joseph Haydn. The Italian libretto was a shortened version of the one by Francesco Puttini set by Pasquale Anfossi for [...]

Joseph Haydn – La Fedeltà Premiata (Eszterháza Opera cycle)

Joseph Haydn – La Fedeltà Premiata (Eszterháza Opera cycle) Recorded at The Grand Salle, Epalinges, Switzerland June 1975 About the Opera: La fedeltà premiata (Fidelity Rewarded) is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn first performed at Eszterháza on 25 February 1781 to celebrate the reopening of the court theatre after a fire. It [...]