Haydn is the father of the symphony. His music is amazing in harmony, grace and elegance. Viva Haydn a true genius of music that gives us unforgettable moments of pleasure and haunting music. Bravissimo.
There is no such thing as The Worst Haydn Symphony. Here, we have something very innocent and very appealing in an early Haydn symphony. Forgive me to say that this symphony is pure escapist fun for me and it always puts me in a very good and joyous mood. Rather than listen to a lot of the early symphonies in one sitting, it is better to listen to one of them over a day or two until it sinks in. Before the Sturm und Drang symphonies (the 40's), please enjoy, #6, #22, #26, #27 and #34
Андрей Попов У Гайдна без сюрпризов не бывает. Вот, например, в 4-й Симфонии Ре мажор в 1-й части Побочная не в Ля мажоре и даже не в Си миноре, как должно быть по правилам, а аж в Ля миноре. Изысканнейшая вторая часть тоже в миноре, в Ре миноре. Каков шутник! И очень прикольные синкопки у вторых скрипок. Просто прелесть какая-то! И снова во второй части одни только струнные. Финал - быстрый менуэтик на 3/8. Вообще, музыка Гайдна - какой-то неиссякаемый источник потрясающей красоты, изобретательности, ума, фантазии! Симфония написана опять точно неизвестно когда - то ли в 1757, то ли в 1759. А может, и ещё раньше. Или немного позже.
(1759-1760) L'influsso dello stile barocco è riconoscibile nelle figurazioni ritmiche, sopratutto delle parti di accompagnamento , ma la costruzione formale e il lavoro tematico sono preclassici e malgrado le dimensioni ridotte, questa sinfonia è un esempio completo, anche se primitivo, di forma sonata. E' in sostanza il linguaggio a cui Haydn si manterrà fedele solo alla vecchiaia. LDC
Gentile signore, la sua richiesta è molto generale. Dovrebbe scegliere un periodo e un compositore, se volesse come dire "specializzare" la sua conoscenza. Se altrimenti interessato a una conoscenza più ampia come per esempio dal gregoriano passando per il barocco fino al tardo romanticismo o oltre, il discorso cambia. Mi pare di capire che lei sia un neofita della musica classica. Ma non so se ha basi di conoscenza della musica, se suona qualche strumento. Io credo che debba fare piccoli passi. Si goda la musica che le piace. Approfondisca la letteratura storico musicale del periodo e dell'autore che ha scelto. Sulla rete si trovano molte informazioni. Ricerche professionali approfondite non si faranno certo con wikipedia. Le auguro ogni felicità.
Nice whiff of Mozart's 'La Finta Semplice' overture sequencing from 0:23 to 0:29 reworked from his own K.45 symphony in D. Which obviously Haydn's 4th predates by nearly a decade. Just little impressions I gather when luxuriating in FJH's youthful compositions of scintillating genius.
Not that any of this is bad, but considering what Haydn was capable of putting out, this doesn't even scratch the surface. The syncopation in the 2nd movement is interesting but that's all
Titanandenceladus, Listen to Antal Dorati's version with the Filarmonica Hungarica on RUclips or, even better, I had the privilege of hearing it live with Gilbert Varga (son of the great violinist Tibor Varga) conducting the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. It was magic! The slow movement was one of the most unforgettable experiences I ever had at a concert. I am a composer btw, and can't stand much of these supposedly historically authentic performances as they are generally pretentious and boring! And often misguided and not authentic at all!
Monteverdi definitely sounds wrong on modern instruments to me... The slow movement here is just waffle, nothing to admire. I will try the recording you suggest.
Shane Thomas, You are absolutely right, Renaissance and much of Baroque music can sound atrocious on modern instruments, hence my saying in the earlier comment that I can't stand "most" of the so-called "authentic" interpretations but not all. The problem is not the instruments themselves, it's the way the musicians play them. First of all, most of the time they are played badly and out of tune whereas the baroque musicians played them very well. Secondly, today's practice is based on pure speculation, often misguided interpretation of old texts. There is no evidence that Baroque and Renaissance string players or singers didn't use vibrato. In fact, there is musical evidence to the contrary. And countertenors are not castrati! They don't have the same color or power. Another major element of Baroque music was improvisation almost to the level of jazz music. But it's completely ignored today because the musicians have no idea how to do it.
Haydn is the father of the symphony. His music is amazing in harmony, grace and elegance. Viva Haydn a true genius of music that gives us unforgettable moments of pleasure and haunting music. Bravissimo.
There is no such thing as The Worst Haydn Symphony. Here, we have something very innocent and very appealing in an early Haydn symphony. Forgive me to say that this symphony is pure escapist fun for me and it always puts me in a very good and joyous mood.
Rather than listen to a lot of the early symphonies in one sitting, it is better to listen to one of them over a day or two until it sinks in.
Before the Sturm und Drang symphonies (the 40's), please enjoy, #6, #22, #26, #27 and #34
Thanks for the advice. I just started listening to Haydn's symphonies from the very first one :)
This is really great advice on how to listen to classical music in general. Thanks a lot.
Una delle prime sinfonie di Haydn che dona stupore e gioia nella sua freschezza e semplicità
Андрей Попов
У Гайдна без сюрпризов не бывает. Вот, например, в 4-й Симфонии Ре мажор в 1-й части Побочная не в Ля мажоре и даже не в Си миноре, как должно быть по правилам, а аж в Ля миноре. Изысканнейшая вторая часть тоже в миноре, в Ре миноре. Каков шутник! И очень прикольные синкопки у вторых скрипок. Просто прелесть какая-то! И снова во второй части одни только струнные. Финал - быстрый менуэтик на 3/8.
Вообще, музыка Гайдна - какой-то неиссякаемый источник потрясающей красоты, изобретательности, ума, фантазии!
Симфония написана опять точно неизвестно когда - то ли в 1757, то ли в 1759. А может, и ещё раньше. Или немного позже.
Мне эта музыка поднимает настроение❤👏 спасибо великому композитору🙏👏👏👏👏👏
My favourite haydn symphony.
Hogwood is always delightful... his Handel's Messiah still the best performed in history...miss him so much.
Haydn estará presente en los momentos más importantes de mi vida.
(1759-1760) L'influsso dello stile barocco è riconoscibile nelle figurazioni ritmiche, sopratutto delle parti di accompagnamento , ma la costruzione formale e il lavoro tematico sono preclassici e malgrado le dimensioni ridotte, questa sinfonia è un esempio completo, anche se primitivo, di forma sonata. E' in sostanza il linguaggio a cui Haydn si manterrà fedele solo alla vecchiaia. LDC
Gentile signore, la sua richiesta è molto generale. Dovrebbe scegliere un periodo e un compositore, se volesse come dire "specializzare" la sua conoscenza. Se altrimenti interessato a una conoscenza più ampia come per esempio dal gregoriano passando per il barocco fino al tardo romanticismo o oltre, il discorso cambia. Mi pare di capire che lei sia un neofita della musica classica. Ma non so se ha basi di conoscenza della musica, se suona qualche strumento. Io credo che debba fare piccoli passi. Si goda la musica che le piace. Approfondisca la letteratura storico musicale del periodo e dell'autore che ha scelto. Sulla rete si trovano molte informazioni. Ricerche professionali approfondite non si faranno certo con wikipedia. Le auguro ogni felicità.
Beautiful ! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018 !
Back at ya, 2017.
Nice whiff of Mozart's 'La Finta Semplice' overture sequencing from 0:23 to 0:29 reworked from his own K.45 symphony in D. Which obviously Haydn's 4th predates by nearly a decade. Just little impressions I gather when luxuriating in FJH's youthful compositions of scintillating genius.
He is the father of symphony. His music really inspired many others to do their own symphonies.
“오케스트라를 이끌며 온갖 실험을 해볼 수 있다. … 개선하고, 확장하고, 자르고, 위험을 감수할 수 있는 것이다.”
요제프 하이든
Is that really a quote from Haydn? Very nice! He did that!
Thank you to Google and You Tube for this music.
You should thank Haydn.
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Not that any of this is bad, but considering what Haydn was capable of putting out, this doesn't even scratch the surface. The syncopation in the 2nd movement is interesting but that's all
This was ranked as the worst symphony out of the 104. Some guy listened to all of them and ranked them.
Titanandenceladus, Listen to Antal Dorati's version with the Filarmonica Hungarica on RUclips or, even better, I had the privilege of hearing it live with Gilbert Varga (son of the great violinist Tibor Varga) conducting the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. It was magic! The slow movement was one of the most unforgettable experiences I ever had at a concert. I am a composer btw, and can't stand much of these supposedly historically authentic performances as they are generally pretentious and boring! And often misguided and not authentic at all!
Monteverdi definitely sounds wrong on modern instruments to me... The slow movement here is just waffle, nothing to admire. I will try the recording you suggest.
Shane Thomas, You are absolutely right, Renaissance and much of Baroque music can sound atrocious on modern instruments, hence my saying in the earlier comment that I can't stand "most" of the so-called "authentic" interpretations but not all. The problem is not the instruments themselves, it's the way the musicians play them. First of all, most of the time they are played badly and out of tune whereas the baroque musicians played them very well. Secondly, today's practice is based on pure speculation, often misguided interpretation of old texts. There is no evidence that Baroque and Renaissance string players or singers didn't use vibrato. In fact, there is musical evidence to the contrary. And countertenors are not castrati! They don't have the same color or power. Another major element of Baroque music was improvisation almost to the level of jazz music. But it's completely ignored today because the musicians have no idea how to do it.
Are their any recordings that demonsrtate this improvisation? I need to hear this