Sony Classical is pleased to announce another ten releases in its increasingly comprehensive series of Classical Masters. These new budget-priced releases contain classic recordings, many of them newly remastered, by some of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Toronto-based period-instrument ensemble Tafelmusik “has built in its special field a reputation as solid as those of the New York or Berlin philharmonics,” declared The Washington Post, while the New York Times praised its “impeccable discipline and luminous [and] expressive sensibility”. This reissue of their Haydn recordings collects a wide range of symphonies, from his Sturm und Drang period (Nos. 41–65), the grand “Paris” Symphonies, (Nos. 82–87) and the three no less miraculous works that followed them (Nos. 88–90). “Tafelmusik under Bruno Weil offers an account of these trail-blazing masterworks that’s as near definitive as you can get …” (BBC Music Magazine); “They were born to play Haydn” (Classic CD); “The Sony Tafelmusik recordings set new standards in this repertoire” (Penguin Guide).
DISC 1 – CD
Sinfonia No. 41 in C Major, Hob. I:41
1 I. Allegro con spirito
2 II. Un poco andante
3 III. Menuet – Trio
4 IV. Finale – Presto
Sinfonia No. 42 in D Major, Hob. I:42
5 I. Moderato e maestoso
6 II. Andantino e cantabile
7 III. Menuet – Allegretto – Trio
8 IV. Finale – Scherzando e presto
Sinfonia No. 43 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:43 “Mercury”
9 I. Allegro
10 II. Adagio
11 III. Menuetto – Trio
12 IV. Finale – Allegro
DISC 2 – CD
Sinfonia No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44 “Trauer”
1 I. Allegro con brio
2 II. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio
3 III. Adagio
4 IV. Finale – Presto
Sinfonia No. 51 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:51
5 I. Vivace
6 II. Adagio
7 III. Menuetto – Trio I – Trio II
8 IV. Finale – Allegro
Sinfonia No. 52 in C Minor, Hob. I:52
9 I. Allegro assai con brio
10 II. Andante
11 III. Menuetto – Allegretto – Trio
12 IV. Finale – Presto
DISC 3 – CD
Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Hob. I:45 “Farewell”
1 I. Allegro assai
2 II. Adagio
3 III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio
4 IV. Finale – Presto
Sinfonia in B Major, Hob. I:46
5 I. Vivace
6 II. Poco adagio
7 III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio
8 IV. Finale – Presto e scherzando
Sinfonia in G Major, Hob. I:47
9 I. (Allegro)
10 II. Un poco adagio, cantabile
11 III. Menuet – Trio
12 IV. Finale – Presto assai
DISC 4 – CD
Symphony No. 50 in C Major, Hob. I:50
1 I. Adagio e maestoso – Allegro di molto
2 II. Andante moderato
3 III. Menuet – Trio
4 IV. Finale – Presto
Symphony No. 64 in A Major, Hob. I:64 “Tempora mutantur”
5 I. Allegro con spirito
6 II. Largo
7 III. Menuet & III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio Allegretto – Trio
8 IV. Finale – Presto
Symphony No. 65 in A Major, Hob. I:65
9 I. Vivace e con spirito
10 II. Andante
11 III. Menuetto – Trio
12 IV. Finale – Presto
DISC 5 – CD
Symphony No. 82 in C Major, Hob. I:82 “The Bear”
1 I. Vivace assai
2 II. Allegretto
3 III. Menuet – Trio
4 IV. Finale – Vivace
Symphony No. 83 in G Minor, Hob. I:83 “The Hen”
5 I. Allegro spiritoso
6 II. Andante
7 III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio
8 IV. Finale – Vivace
Symphony No. 84 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:84
9 I. Largo – Allegro
10 II. Andante
11 III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio
12 IV. Finale – Vivace
DISC 6 – CD
Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:85
1 I. Adagio – Vivace
2 II. Romance – Allegretto
3 III. Menuet – Allegretto – Trio
4 IV. Finale – Presto
Symphony No. 86 in D Major, Hob.I:86
5 I. Adagio – Allegro spiritoso
6 II. Capriccio – Largo
7 III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio
8 IV. Finale – Allegro con spirito
Symphony No. 87 in A Major, Hob.I:87
9 I. Vivace
10 II. Adagio
11 III. Menuet – Trio
12 IV. Finale – Vivace
DISC 7 – CD
Symphony in G Major, Hob. I: 88
1 I. Adagio – Allegro
2 II. Largo
3 III. Menuetto – Allegretto
4 IV. Finale – Allegro con spirito
Symphony in F Major, Hob. I: 89
5 I. Vivace
6 II. Andante con moto
7 III. Menuet – Allegretto
8 IV. Finale – Vivace assai
Symphony in C Major, Hob. I: 90
9 I. Adagio – Allegro assai
10 II. Andante
11 III. Menuet
12 IV. Allegro assai