Haydn: Symphony No. 93, 94 and 95 (Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor; Hyperion). Sabotaged by cavernous sound, Goodman’s cycles of Beethoven and Schubert symphonies nonetheless contained a good ...

When Haydn put a "Surprise" into his Symphony No 94, I doubt he imagined the football-crowd whoop provided here by Marc Minkowski's orchestra. But this bit of fun, and innovations like the greater use ...

Symphony No. 93 Joseph Haydn, Composer Howard Shelley, Conductor Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise' Howard Shelley, Conductor Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Joseph Haydn, ...

(Szell, Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia MS7006). The big surprise here is the impudent low bassoon note that disrupts the slow movement of No. 93. Szell knows how to convey his enjoyment of Haydn to ...

An instant hit with the London sophisticates, Haydn’s ‘Surprise’ delights with a kaleidoscope of giddy melodies and whimsy. The third movement waltz recalls the frivolity of Austrian folk dances but ...

To mark the 200th anniversary of his death BBC Radio 3 presents a series of programming on Haydn, an international superstar composer who, in his day, was considered more famous than Mozart. Haydn is ...

Symphony No. 96, 'Miracle' Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble Marc Minkowski, Conductor Joseph Haydn, Composer Symphony No. 95 Joseph Haydn, Composer Marc Minkowski, Conductor Les Musiciens du ...

Marc Minkowski's accounts of the 12 symphonies that Haydn wrote for his two visits to London in the early 1790s were recorded at concerts in the Vienna Konzerthaus in June last year. Though they have ...