Haydn's Haus

[Karl Henning]

Boston Symphony unleashes a double dose of Haydn and fiery Stravinsky

Paging @Gurn Blanston 

[Brian]

New Bruggen Haydn to be released!




Complete tracklist:
https://sklep.nifc.pl/pl/produkt/77557-haydn-frans-bruggen-orkiestra-xviii-wieku

Each CD is laid out as a concert: pre-London symphony, arias/concerto, then London symphony.

Symphonies 59, 64, 83, 101, 103, 104
Four arias including Berenice
Cello Concerto in C
and as two encores at the end of the final concert, the scherzo from Beethoven's Eroica and Johann Strauss' Die Libelle polka-mazur

[Karl Henning]

Boston Symphony unleashes a double dose of Haydn and fiery Stravinsky

Paging @Gurn Blanston

My publisher requests, if you would, that we share it around.

[André]

My publisher requests, if you would, that we share it around.

Where is Gurn ? 👻

[André]

Food for thought: I moved Fischer's Brilliant  set of the symphonies from my main collection to the tiny one I keep at our country cabin. Well, I've never listened to that many Haydn symphonies. Every time I go up there I put them discs in the tiny cd player and wallow in Haydn while reading or paying scrabble. There's no way one can tire of, or become blasé listening to Papa's symphonies !

[LKB]

Food for thought: I moved Fischer's Brilliant  set of the symphonies from my main collection to the tiny one I keep at our country cabin. Well, I've never listened to that many Haydn symphonies. Every time I go up there I put them discs in the tiny cd player and wallow in Haydn while reading or paying scrabble. There's no way one can tire of, or become blasé listening to Papa's symphonies !

One can learn the essence of the Baroque from Bach, of the Renaissance from Josquin, of the Romantic from Beethoven.

For the Classical, Papa knows best.

[Florestan]

One can learn the essence of the Baroque from Bach, of the Renaissance from Josquin, of the Romantic from Beethoven.

For the Classical, Papa knows best.

I believe Haydn's music is not only the essence of Classical but also the essence of good life. Haydn is a teacher of happiness.

[LKB]

I believe Haydn's music is not only the essence of Classical but also the essence of good life. Haydn is a teacher of happiness.

Well said!

[DavidW]

Haydn is a teacher of happiness.

lol not at home!

My wife was unable to bear children, and therefore I was not indifferent to the charms of other women

[Jo498]

IIRC it was one of these situations where Haydn had been more in love with his wife's sister but she entered a nunnery, so he married the other sister and it didn't turn out very well.
(Unlike Mozart who apparently was happier with Constanze despite also having been originally more fond of Antonia Weber.)

[Florestan]

My wife was unable to bear children, and therefore I was not indifferent to the charms of other women

This is the gentleman in him speaking. In reality, he was attracted to the charms of other women because his wife had none. She was an untamed shrew. 

[Herman]

This weekend, we've been listening to the last ten Haydn Piano Trios, and enjoying them very much.

[DaveF]

My wife was unable to bear children...

I'm with you there, Frau H. - I can't stand them either.

Seriously, it's a strange statement, suggesting that sex should not be indulged in for pleasure, but only for procreation, and that it had to stop when they discovered it was producing no offspring (the Biblical example of Abraham and Sarah might have given them a reason to continue).

Wasn't Dvořák another who fell in love with one sister and married another?

[Madiel]

The Haydns' distaste for one another is pretty well established. It seems as if Joseph's wife is one of the very few people that Joseph didn't get along with!

[Mandryka]

I'm with you there, Frau H. - I can't stand them either.

Seriously, it's a strange statement, suggesting that sex should not be indulged in for pleasure, but only for procreation, and that it had to stop when they discovered it was producing no offspring (the Biblical example of Abraham and Sarah might have given them a reason to continue).

Wasn't Dvořák another who fell in love with one sister and married another?

A woman for children, a boy for pleasure and a melon for ecstasy.

[Mandryka]

This weekend, we've been listening to the last ten Haydn Piano Trios, and enjoying them very much.

Is my favourite, 26, one of the last 10?

Bloody Haydn numbering. I mean Piano Trio No. 40 in F-sharp minor Hob. XV:26

[Florestan]

Seriously, it's a strange statement, suggesting that sex should not be indulged in for pleasure, but only for procreation, and that it had to stop when they discovered it was producing no offspring (the Biblical example of Abraham and Sarah might have given them a reason to continue).

Good luck in finding any sexual pleasure whatsoever with a beastly shrew like Haydn's wife. 

And I see nothing wrong in his desire to have children. (There is some speculation that he did have a son with Luigia Polzelli).

[DavidW]

Where is Gurn ? 👻

I just saw this, I'll email him.

[Herman]

Piano Trio No. 40 in F-sharp minor Hob. XV:26

yes I love that one. It's dedicated to Haydn's London honeybunny, Rebecca Schroeter, just like the preceding G major, with the alla Zingarese finale. The next one, nr 41, in the superdark E flat minor key is great, too.

[DavidW]

Where is Gurn ? 👻

He said that he is healthy and happy. He has been ripping thousands of CDs and scanning the included booklets. He is active on Bluesky if you want to find him there.