Derek Solomons, L’Estro Armonico – Haydn Symphonies Nos. 50 & 54 & 55 & 56 & 57 & 64 (2024 Remastered Version) (2024) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Derek Solomons, L’Estro Armonico – Haydn Symphonies Nos. 50 & 54 & 55 & 56 & 57 & 64 (2024 Remastered Version) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:51:27 minutes | 1,58 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the 1980s, as the movement for historically informed performance was booming, there was a sudden flurry of attempts by period-instrument ensembles to record all of Haydn’s 106 symphonies. It was perhaps inevitable that none of them would reach the summit of this musical Everest – most made it about halfway up to this ambitious and costly undertaking.

One of these Haydn series that created a stir at the time was directed by the London-based violinist-conductor Derek Solomons. Between 1980 and 1986, he recorded 49 symphonies with his hand-picked ensemble, L’Estro Armonico. Sony Classical is now pleased to present all of these pioneering Haydn performances for the first time on CD. Included in this new collected edition of 18 newly mastered discs are several recordings never before issued in any medium.

In an interview for Gramophone, Solomons stated: “There seemed no better composer to look at than Joseph Haydn to make our recording début on original instruments – and also the début of these symphonies in this kind of performance. I’d discovered that there was a group of 14 symphonies written for Count Morzin before Haydn started working for Count Esterhazy.”

Tracklist:

1-01. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 50 in C Major, Hob. I:50: I. Adagio e maestoso – Allegro di molto (2024 Remastered Version) (04:45)
1-02. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 50 in C Major, Hob. I:50: II. Andante moderato (2024 Remastered Version) (04:11)
1-03. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 50 in C Major, Hob. I:50: III. Menuetto – Trio (2024 Remastered Version) (05:44)
1-04. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 50 in C Major, Hob. I:50: IV. Finale. Presto (2024 Remastered Version) (05:27)
1-05. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 64 in A Major, Hob. I:64: I. Allegro con spirito (2024 Remastered Version) (08:19)
1-06. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 64 in A Major, Hob. I:64: II. Largo (2024 Remastered Version) (05:12)
1-07. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 64 in A Major, Hob. I:64: III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio (2024 Remastered Version) (03:11)
1-08. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 64 in A Major, Hob. I:64: IV. Finale. Presto (2024 Remastered Version) (03:03)
1-09. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 54 in G Major, Hob. I:54: I. Adagio maestoso – Presto (2024 Remastered Version) (07:56)
1-10. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 54 in G Major, Hob. I:54: II. Adagio assai (2024 Remastered Version) (16:08)
1-11. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 54 in G Major, Hob. I:54: III. Minuet. Allegretto – Trio (2024 Remastered Version) (04:43)
1-12. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 54 in G Major, Hob. I:54: IV. Finale. Presto (2024 Remastered Version) (07:28)
2-01. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:55: I. Allegro di molto (2024 Remastered Version) (08:40)
2-02. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:55: II. Adagio, ma semplicemente (2024 Remastered Version) (07:34)
2-03. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:55: III. Menuetto – Trio (2024 Remastered Version) (05:29)
2-04. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:55: IV. Finale. Presto (2024 Remastered Version) (04:12)
2-05. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56: I. Allegro di molto (2024 Remastered Version) (10:39)
2-06. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56: II. Adagio (2024 Remastered Version) (13:46)
2-07. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56: III. Menuet – Trio (2024 Remastered Version) (07:16)
2-08. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56: IV. Finale. Prestissimo (2024 Remastered Version) (05:28)
3-01. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 57 in D Major, Hob. I:57: I. Adagio – Allegro di molto (2024 Remastered Version) (10:44)
3-02. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 57 in D Major, Hob. I:57: II. Adagio (2024 Remastered Version) (09:23)
3-03. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 57 in D Major, Hob. I:57: III. Menuet. Allegretto – Trio (2024 Remastered Version) (05:45)
3-04. Derek Solomons – Symphony No. 57 in D Major, Hob. I:57: IV. Prestissimo (2024 Remastered Version) (06:24)

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