London Symphonies - Symphonies nos. 97 & 98 by Ton Koopman / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Joseph Haydn

Ton Koopman / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

London Symphonies - Symphonies nos. 97 & 98

Price: € 12.95
Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917236026
Catnr: CC 72360
Release date: 02 April 2010
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Label
Challenge Classics

UPC
0608917236026

Catalogue number
CC 72360

Release date
02 April 2010

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About the album

"What is striking in the Symphonies 97 en 98 are the beautiful slow movements: Haydn again shows us that he is the master of our feelings. The menuets are catchingly dansant, the trios are refreshing. The first movements of these symphonies start with - as often is the case with Haydn- with a short, slow introduction and directly after that they burst into a fast tempo full of joyfulness and inventiveness. He makes simple themes develop into masterworks in an unsurpassed way. The closing movements, fast in character and starting off with only the strings, are astonishing because of their vitality and structure. Haydn is at his best in the 12 London Symphonies." Ton Koopman in the linernotes

Symphonies 97 en 98 are the last of the first set of Haydn's London Symphonies, but still this cd is called vol.1, because the ABO is planning to record all the twelve symphonies, on authentic instrumentation.

Haydn op zijn best
Volgens Ton Koopman is Joseph Haydn op zijn best in de twaalf symfonieën die hij in Londen gecomponeerd heeft, waar zijn 97e en 98e ook deel van uitmaken. Het meest bijzondere aan de 97e en 98e Symfonieën zijn de langzame delen. De menuetten zijn vrolijk en dansbaar en de trio’s zijn verfrissend en origineel. De eerste delen van deze symfonieën beginnen, zoals gebruikelijk is bij Haydn, met een langzame introductie die direct daarna uitbreekt tot een snel tempo vol met blijheid en vindingrijkheid. Haydn laat simpele thema’s en melodieën ontwikkelen tot ware meesterwerken op een onovertroffen manier. De laatste delen met een snel karakter, waarbij enkel de strijkers spelen, zijn verbazingwekkend vanwege hun vitaliteit en structuur.

Dit album is het eerste deel in de serie "London Symphonies" door Ton Koopman en zijn Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, gespeeld op authentieke instrumenten. Ton Koopman is een specialist in barokmuziek, in het bijzonder muziek van J.S. Bach en Dietrich Buxtehude. Zowel Koopman als het Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra zijn internationaal geroemd voor hun hoogstaande interpretaties.

Für Haydn brachte sein Besuch in London (1791-92) auf musikalischer Ebene enorme Veränderungen mit sich. Seine Musik wurde in seiner Anwesenheit von einem für die damalige Zeit sehr großem Orchester ausgeführt. Haydn versuchte, den in London herrschenden Geschmack zu treffen, und war dabei sehr erfolgreich. In den Sinfonien 97 und 98 fallen die prächtigen, langsamen Sätze auf; Haydn zeigt sich wiederum als ein Meister der Gefühle. Ton Koopman startet mit dieser CD die Gesamtaufnahme aller 12 Londoner Sinfonien, die zum Besten gehören, was Haydn geschaffen hat: Orchestermusik voller Fröhlichkeit und Erfindungsreichtum

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Ton Koopman (conductor)

Ton Koopman is a leading figure in Early Music and historically informed performance practice. As organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman has performed all over the world and played the most beautiful historical instruments of Europe. His Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir has gained worldwide fame as one of the best ensembles on period instruments. Between 1994 and 2004 Ton Koopman and ABO&C have recorded all sacred and secular cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, an extraordinary project that earned international acclaim. After that Koopman recorded the complete works by Bach’s predecessor, Dieterich Buxtehude. Besides performing as a soloist and with his ABO&C, Ton Koopman is very active as a guest conductor for modern orchestras and also devotes part of his time...

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Ton Koopman founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in 1979. The group consists of internationally renowned baroque specialists who meet up several times a year and work together to prepare and perform new exciting programmes. For the musicians each concert is a new experience and Koopman's boundless energy and enthusiasm are a sure guarantee of the highest quality.
The Amsterdam Baroque Choir was founded in 1992 and it made its debut during the Holland Festival of Early Music in Utrecht performing the world première of the Requiem (for 15 voices) and Vespers (for 32 voices) by H.I.F. Biber. The recording of both of these works won the Cannes Classical Award for the best performance of 17th/18th century choral music. For its rare combination of textural clarity and interpretative flexibility, the Amsterdam Baroque Choir is considered among today’s most outstanding choirs. In 1994 Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir embarked upon the most ambitious recording project of the last decades: the integral recording of Bach’s secular and sacred cantatas. For this extraordinary project Koopman and his ensemble received the Deutsche Schallplatten-Preis Echo Klassik. Next to the CD recordings three books have been edited and published by Ton Koopman and the musicologist Christoph Wolff and a series of six documentaries was produced and broadcasted by various TV stations.
Alongside Bach’s music the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir has recorded all major baroque and classical works. Major recognitions include the Gramophone Award, Diapason d'Or, 10-Repertoire, Stern des Monats-Fono Forum, the Prix Hector Berlioz and two Edison Awards. In 2008 the ensemble and Ton Koopman have been honoured with the prestigious BBC Award. Since March 2003 “Antoine Marchand”, a new sub-label of Challenge Classics, took over the release of Koopman’s new recordings and among many others has published 22 CD boxes of the Bach Cantatas, a new recording of the St. Matthew Passion (on CD and DVD) and St. Markus Passion of J.S. Bach (DVD), live recorded in Milan, as well as the first seven volumes of the Buxtehude Opera-Omnia Edition. Ton Koopman and the ABO & ABC are regular guests at the major concert halls of Europe, the USA and Japan. In the 2008/09 season they will tour extensively in Europe (Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Milan, Cologne, Dresden, Düsseldorf etc) and in Far East with concerts in Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo.

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Joseph Haydn

(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets 'Father of the Symphony' and 'Father of the String Quartet'. Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, 'forced to become original'. Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe. He was a friend and mentor of Mozart,...

(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".
Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, "forced to become original". Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.
He was a friend and mentor of Mozart, a teacher of Beethoven, with whom he formed the First Viennese School. He was also the older brother of composer Michael Haydn.

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