Haydn 2032, Vol. 9: L'Addio Giovanni Antonini & Il Giardino Armonico

• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Symphony No.35 in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:35:
• 1 Haydn: Symphony No.35 in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:35: I. Allegro di molto 06:57
• 2 Haydn: Symphony No.35 in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:35: II. Andante 05:25
• 3 Haydn: Symphony No.35 in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:35: III. Menuet. Un poco allegretto - Trio 02:50
• 4 Haydn: Symphony No.35 in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:35: IV. Finale. Presto 03:32
• Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 'Farewell':
• 5 Haydn: Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 'Farewell': I. Allegro assai 07:40
• 6 Haydn: Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 'Farewell': II. Adagio 09:47
• 7 Haydn: Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 'Farewell': III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio 02:54
• 8 Haydn: Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 'Farewell': IV. Finale. Presto 02:52
• 9 Haydn: Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 'Farewell': V. Adagio 04:25
• Scena di Berenice, Hob.XXIVa:10:
• 10 Haydn: Scena di Berenice, Hob.XXIVa:10: Recitativo 'Berenice, che fai?' 04:31
• 11 Haydn: Scena di Berenice, Hob.XXIVa:10: [Cavatina e] Recitativo: 'Non partir... Me infelice' 02:54
• 12 Haydn: Scena di Berenice, Hob.XXIVa:10: [Aria] 'Perché, se tanti siete' 04:51
• Symphony No.15 in D Major, Hob.I:15:
• 13 Haydn: Symphony No.15 in D Major, Hob.I:15: I. Adagio - Presto - Adagio 07:29
• 14 Haydn: Symphony No.15 in D Major, Hob.I:15: II. Menuet - Trio 03:44
• 15 Haydn: Symphony No.15 in D Major, Hob.I:15: III. Andante 05:39
• 16 Haydn: Symphony No.15 in D Major, Hob.I:15: IV. Finale. Presto 02:01
• Total Runtime 01:17:31

Info for Haydn 2032, Vol. 9: L'Addio

This ninth volume of the Haydn2032 series focuses on the composer’s psychological subtlety in its focus on a central work: his Symphony no.45, known as the ‘Abschieds-Symphonie’ (‘Farewell’ Symphony), composed in 1772. It is said to have got its nickname from a symbolic message Haydn conveyed to Prince Esterházy when he and his orchestra were required to stay longer than planned in the Prince’s summer residence. On the occasion of the symphony’s first performance, Haydn had arranged for the musicians to leave their places one by one during the final Adagio. The day after the concert, all the musicians were able to return to their families and bid farewell to the Prince, who had obviously taken the point of this poetic request for ‘liberation’ expressed in music. The programme is completed by Symphonies nos. 15 and 35 and a cantata sung by Sandrine Piau, the heart-rending ‘Berenice, che fai?’ on a text by Metastasio that was a real ‘hit’ of the eighteenth century, set by some forty composers.

Sandrine Piau, soprano
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, conductor

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