Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 78-81

[Dantone] is a master of pacing, driving finales with assurance, managing gear-changes with ease…Accademia Bizantina play excellently, responding with quick ensemble and sinewy strength to Dantone's... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016 More…

Release Date: 5th Feb 2016
Catalogue No: 4788837
Label: Decca
Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Haydn: Symphony No. 78 in C minor

Work length25:15

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Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone
Recorded: 2015-09-09
Recording Venue: Teatro Goldoni, Ravenna

1. Vivace

Track length8:02

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2. Adagio

Track length9:25

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3. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length3:59

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4. Finale (Presto)

Track length3:49

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Haydn: Symphony No. 79 in F major

Work length23:53

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Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone
Recorded: 2015-07-03
Recording Venue: Teatro Goldoni, Ravenna

1. Allegro con spirito

Track length9:09

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2. Adagio cantabile - Un poco allegro

Track length5:58

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3. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length4:00

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4. Finale (Vivace)

Track length4:46

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Haydn: Symphony No. 80 in D minor

Work length26:09

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Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone
Recorded: 2015-09-09
Recording Venue: Teatro Goldoni, Ravenna

1. Allegro spiritoso

Track length5:09

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2. Adagio

Track length10:27

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3. Menuetto

Track length3:21

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4. Finale (Presto)

Track length7:12

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Haydn: Symphony No. 81 in G major

Work length28:19

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Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone
Recorded: 2015-07-03
Recording Venue: Teatro Goldoni, Ravenna

1. Vivace

Track length9:26

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2. Andante

Track length7:36

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3. Menuetto - Allegro

Track length4:24

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4. Finale - Allegro ma non troppo

Track length6:53

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Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone are releasing a new album of Haydn Symphonies, Nos. 78-81. It is the first time Symphonies No.79 and 81 have been recorded on period instruments. This little-known quartet of Haydn symphonies 78-81 date from the years 1782-1784 when Haydn still served as kapellmeister to the Esterhazy family in their spectacular summer and winter palaces in Esterháza (present day Hungary) and Eisenstadt (Austria) where the music was first performed. These four symphonies have been specially recorded for the upcoming 36-CD set of Complete Haydn Symphonies, to be released later this year. It will be the first Haydn symphony cycle on period instruments.

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March 2016

[Dantone] is a master of pacing, driving finales with assurance, managing gear-changes with ease…Accademia Bizantina play excellently, responding with quick ensemble and sinewy strength to Dantone's interpretational demands

2nd March 2016

Dantone’s performances are models of historical good taste. There’s no harpsichord continuo – still a divisive issue among Haydn interpreters – and with just 15 strings, textures are buoyant and transparent...Dantone’s touch is always light, and the performance always comes before the scholarship informing it.

Early Music Today August 2016

[Symphony No. 80] sounds close to a masterpiece on this fine two-CD set by Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina. Their lithe performances of all four symphonies, purposeful yet sensitive, are among the best available…the rarely recorded no. 81 comes across as another near- masterpiece, helped by Dantone’s subtle shaping of its dynamic outer movements and his tender handling of the Andante’s charming siciliano variations

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 78-81

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