Accademia Bizantina & Ottavio Dantone - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 78-81 (2016)

Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone are releasing a new album of Haydn Symphonies, Nos. 78-81. It is the first time Symphonies No.79 and 81 have been recorded on period instruments. This little-known quartet of Haydn symphonies 78-81 date from the years 1782-1784 when Haydn still served as kapellmeister to the Esterhazy family in their spectacular summer and winter palaces in Esterháza (present day Hungary) and Eisenstadt (Austria) where the music was first performed. These four symphonies have been specially recorded for the upcoming 36-CD set of Complete Haydn Symphonies, to be released later this year. It will be the first Haydn symphony cycle on period instruments.

Tracklist:

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Symphony No.78 in C minor
1. 1. Vivace 08:02
2. 2. Adagio 09:26
3. 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) 03:59
4. 4. Finale (Presto) 03:51

Symphony No.79 in F major
5. 1. Allegro con spirito 09:10
6. 2. Adagio cantabile - Un poco allegro 05:59
7. 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) 04:00
8. 4. Finale (Vivace) 04:47

Symphony No.80 in D minor
9. 1. Allegro spiritoso 05:11
10. 2. Adagio 10:27
11. 3. Menuetto 03:22
12. 4. Finale (Presto) 07:14

Symphony No.81 in G major
13. 1. Vivace 09:27
14. 2. Andante 07:38
15. 3. Menuetto - Allegro 04:25
16. 4. Finale - Allegro ma non troppo 06:53