Aaron Rabushka wrote:

>The harpsichord in #98 has always been a sore spot.  I don't believe (and
>neither does HC Robbins Landon) that Haydn sat at the harpsichord in the
>Salamon concerts and didn't play it throughout.  Those who include it only
>for that brief solo are creating yet inaccurate edition.

The only recording of this symphony I recall where a harpsichord is played
throughout was with Eugen Jochum and (maybe) the Berliners.  It was a DG LP
coupled with a good #88.

Of course, I would suspect that the "authentic" keyboard instrument for
a public concert in London in the 1790s would be a fortepiano, not a
harpsichord.  There are a handful of London symphonies that Hogwood did
in the 80s with the Academy which do have one playing discreetly in the
background, but #98 wasn't one of them.

Bill H.