![]() ![]() ![]() New York Philharmonic/ Leonard Bernstein (Sony).Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/ Adam Fischer (Nimbus).94, 96) Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood (L’Oiseau-Lyre, 2007) Cleveland Orchestra/ George Szell (Sony 2003).Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/ Adam Fischer (2 discs, Nimbus, 1994).Philharmonia Hungarica/ Antal Dorati (2 discs, Decca, 1996).Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Sigiswald Kuijken (2 discs, Virgin Veritas, 2000).The Hanover Band/ Roy Goodman (Hyperion UK, 2002 reissue).76 in E-Flat Major, 77 in B-Flat Major, 78 in C Minor Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/ Ton Koopman (Erato, 2003).Northern Chamber Orchestra/ Nicholas Ward (Naxos, 1994).The man: Haydn was short, with a broad forehead, brown skin, lively eyes, and a large nose with a polyp on it (which he eventually had removed.).He was known to drive a hard bargain, and maximized his income wherever he could. Sharp businessman: Since there were no effective copyright laws at the time, Haydn often managed to sell the same work to several different publishers.Without any sense of jealousy or despair, he wrote that his friend Wolfgang Mozart was “the greatest musician known to me either by name or reputation.” He took care of his musicians, and did favors for friends. “Papa” Haydn: Haydn was modest, honest, conservative in his habits, and good-humored.Esterhaza: Haydn said of the years at Esterhaza, “I was cut off from the world … so I was forced to become original.”.45), which ends with the musicians leaving the stage one by one, during a tearful slow movement. In order to emphasize the difficulty of being away for so long, Haydn wrote his “Farewell” Symphony (no. But Haydn and his musicians had homes in Eisenstadt, the traditional Esterhazy seat. Home away from home: Prince Nicolaus spent up to 10 months a year at his new palace, Esterhaza.The end: In his last years, Haydn receives a stream of important visitors, but ceases to compose.In addition to this great series of masses, Haydn writes two oratorios for performance in Vienna, The Creation (1798) and The Seasons (1801). The new prince lives mainly in Vienna, and only requires one mass composition a year for the name-day of his wife. Vienna again: Haydn is rehired as Kapellmeister by the next Esterhazy prince, Nicolaus II.93-104) and his last opera, Orfeo ed Euridice. He composes a wide variety of music for England, including his last 12 symphonies (nos. He is received as a celebrity and feted by royalty. The London visits are the high point of his career. ![]()
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