Haydn / Antonini / Piau – Haydn 2032 Vol. 9 – L Addio (LP)– Josey Records Instant Buy

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This ninth volume of the Haydn2032 series focuses on the composer’s psychological subtlety in it’s focus on a central work: his Symphony no.45, known as the ‘Abschieds-Symphonie”(‘Farewell”Symphony), composed in 1772. It is said to have got it’s nickname from a symbolic message Haydn conveyed to Prince Esterházy when he and his orchestra were required to stay longer than planned in the Prince’s summer residence. On the occasion of the symphony’s first performance, Haydn had arranged for the musicians to leave their places one by one during the final Adagio. The day after the concert, all the musicians were able to return to their families and bid farewell to the Prince, who had obviously taken the point of this poetic request for ‘liberation”expressed in music. The programme is completed by Symphonies nos. 15 and 35 and a cantata sung by Sandrine Piau, the heart-rending ‘Berenice, che fai?”on a text by Metastasio that was a real ‘hit”of the eighteenth century, set by some forty composers. This limited and numbered edition contains two vinyl LPs along with an album of photos by Patrick Zachmann (Magnum Photos) and an unpublished text entitled Adieux by the Swiss writer Franz Hohler Tracklist:Symphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~Allegro di moltoSymphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~AndanteSymphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~IMenuet. Un poco Allegretto – TrioSymphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~Finale. PrestoSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~Allegro assaiSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~AdagioSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~Menuet. Allegretto – TrioSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~Finale. Presto -Symphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~AdagioScena di Berenice Hob.XXIVA:10~[Recitativo] ‘Berenice, che fai?’Scena di Berenice Hob.XXIVA:10~[Cavatina E] Recitativo: Non partir, bell’idol mio… Me infelice!Scena di Berenice Hob.XXIVA:10~Aria. Percheé, se tanti sieteSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~Adagio – Presto – AdagioSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~Menuet – TrioSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~AndanteSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~Finale. PrestoSymphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~Allegro di moltoSymphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~AndanteSymphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~Menuet. Un poco Allegretto – TrioSymphony No. 35 in B Flat Major, Hob.I:35~Finale. PrestoSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~Allegro assaiSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~AdagioSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~Menuet. Allegretto – TrioSymphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~Finale. Presto -Symphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, Hob.I:45 ‘Farewell’~AdagioScena di Berenice Hob.XXIVA:10~[Recitativo] ‘Berenice, che fai?’Scena di Berenice Hob.XXIVA:10~[Cavatina E] Recitativo. Non partir, bell’idol mio… Me infelice!Scena di Berenice Hob.XXIVA:10~Aria. Perché, se tanti sieteSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~Adagio – Presto – AdagioSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~Menuet – TrioSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~AndanteSymphony No. 15 in D Major, Hob.I:15~Finale. Presto UPC: 3760014196850Label: AlphaRelease Date: 9.8.23Format: Vinyl