Haydn reviews
The best recordings of Haydn's Cello Concertos 1 & 2
Charm and good humour are in plentiful supply, as Helen Wallace listens to and selects the finest recordings of Haydn at his effervescent best
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 24, 30, 42 & 43
Orfeo Orchestra/György Vashegyi (Accent)
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) (Chandos)
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76
London Haydn Quartet (Hyperion)
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 15 & 45, etc
Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini, et al (Alpha Classics)
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 74, Nos 1-3, etc
Maxwell Quartet (Linn Records)
The best recordings of Haydn's Creation
The best examples of Haydn's gloriously imaginative and enduringly popular oratorio, The Creation, on disc
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos 31, 32, 34, 38, 55 & 56
Leon McCawley (piano) (SOMM)
Sturm und Drang, Vol. 2
The Mozartists/Ian Page, et al (Signum Classics)
Haydn: The Creation (Il Giardino Armonico)
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), et al; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha Classics)
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33
Doric String Quartet (Chandos)
Music for a Viennese Salon
Night Music (Avie)
Haydn: Il ritorno di Tobia
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Mauro Peter (tenor), et al; Salzburg Bach Choir/Ivor Bolton (Sony Classical)
The Austrian Connection
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano) (Avie)
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 17 Nos 2, 4 & 6
Leipzig String Quartet (MDG)
Haydn: Cello Concertos
Natalie Clein (cello); Recreation-Grosses Orchester Graz/Michael Hofstetter (Oehms)
La Passione
Barbara Hannigan (soprano); Ludwig Orchestra (Alpha Classics)
Sturm und Drang, Vol. 1
The Mozartists/Ian Page (Signum Classics)
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (Chandos)
Transfigured Night: Works by Haydn & Schoenberg
Alisa Weilerstein; Trondheim Soloists (Pentatone)
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 88, 92 & 94; Sinfonia Concertante
Vienna Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (C major; DVD/Blu-ray)
Haydn: The Creation
Nicole Heaston, Toby Spence, Peter Rose; Houston Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Andrés Orozco-Estrada (Pentatone)
Sir Thomas Beecham: Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn et al
Alexander Young; Beecham Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham (ICA)
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64 Nos 1-6
Doric String Quartet (Chandos)