Haydn's Haus

[Gurn Blanston]

I took your blog's advice for once    and put on Hogwood. Wow...a sensational performance.

Sarge

  Yes, they use the real C alto horns, and mixed with the trumpets they really kick ass. I don't know if that effect can be duplicated with modern horns, the players would need to be exceptional! 

[Gurn Blanston]

Heck, they can hear your air conditioner in Middlebury, Connecticut

You don't know how right you are! 

[Karl Henning]

". . . stretches of the fervid Romantic imaginations": very nice!

[Gurn Blanston]

". . . stretches of the fervid Romantic imaginations": very nice!

I love sticking it to the Romantics; pompous asses all!   

[Pat B]

Well, let's give it a new nickname then. How about "Drunk Fuchs?"

[Gurn Blanston]

Well, let's give it a new nickname then. How about "Drunk Fuchs?"

Oh no! Not another nickname!    

[Old Listener]

I took your blog's advice for once    and put on Hogwood. Wow...a sensational performance.

I listened to the Solomons recording of 56. Another sensational performance.

[Geo Dude]

Plus, I'm jealous, I'm listening to my air conditioner...

Believe me, that's better than NOT listening to your air conditioner!

[Gurn Blanston]

I listened to the Solomons recording of 56. Another sensational performance.

OL,

You bet! Those together are the only two PI performances, and it is a tossup for me between that and AAM. An abundance of riches!

[Gurn Blanston]

Believe me, that's better than NOT listening to your air conditioner!

Been there, too. We are having the coolest, wettest summer in living memory, but all things are relative; the a/c stays! 

[DavidW]

Been there, too. We are having the coolest, wettest summer in living memory, but all things are relative; the a/c stays! 

A couple of days ago my parents in West Texas were complaining about 66% relative humidity.  To add to the craziness, here in South Carolina, the humidity was 12%!!   While I enjoyed dry weather that day, they enjoyed mugginess more typical of the Carolinas.

[Gurn Blanston]

A couple of days ago my parents in West Texas were complaining about 66% relative humidity.  To add to the craziness, here in South Carolina, the humidity was 12%!!   While I enjoyed dry weather that day, they enjoyed mugginess more typical of the Carolinas.

Bizarreness in every direction

[Brahmsian]

Bizarreness in every direction

It's monsoon season in Manitoba at the moment.  Not joking (but kind of).  We are not supposed to have monsoons, but Manitoba has been hit by constant heavy rains and high winds for the past week.

[Gurn Blanston]

Bizarreness in every direction

It's monsoon season in Manitoba at the moment.  Not joking (but kind of).  We are not supposed to have monsoons, but Manitoba has been hit by constant heavy rains and high winds for the past week.

Well, OK, that's a direction I hadn't anticipated...

[TheGSMoeller]

August 12th can't get here fast enough  ....

[Gurn Blanston]

Haydn wrote more than those five symphonies in 1774, he also had a go at a few pieces of more private music, and also some intended to go public, however discreetly that may have needed to be done. I've been looking into that, check it out here:

Some less public music of 1774

I'll enjoy discussing it with you!

Thanks for reading,

[Gurn Blanston]

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Thanks,
GB 

[Gurn Blanston]

I like oratorios, and I know some of you here do too. In 1774, Haydn wrote a classic Italian oratorio called The Return of Tobias. I decided to take a look at the genre in general and the work in particular; here is what I discovered.

Yes, I'm sure it was an angel

Glad to discuss, thanks for checking it out.

[Wakefield]

I like oratorios, and I know some of you here do too. In 1774, Haydn wrote a classic Italian oratorio called The Return of Tobias. I decided to take a look at the genre in general and the work in particular; here is what I discovered.

Yes, I'm sure it was an angel

Glad to discuss, thanks for checking it out.

You have written some lovely essays for 1774, Gurn. As usual, all of them full of information, but without trace of heaviness or, for the case, oversimplification. I especially loved the last one (I guess because of the genre, so frequently overlooked) and I have decided to give a serious listen to Il ritorno di Tobia this week, a superb rendition in the Naxos version, as far as I recall. After reading your last essay, I think your suggestion is quite clear: we need rethink the importance of Haydn's vocal music as a part of his complete output, even if Haydn was, as you rightly point out, more a conservative in these genres.   

[kishnevi]

Very good judgment on your part to pick the one recording I have.  And I agree it is a good time one.   What recordings exist beyond the Naxos?