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Aaron Rabushka wrote:
>Dorati's recordings of these symphonies are very fine, and I would
>recommend them over Bernstein. Collegium Aureum (semi-HIP) has some
>very good recordings of 82 (they leave out the trumpets), 83, 85, & 87.
Dispensing with trumpets in 82 is an option, as the score indicates horns
in C *alto* or trumpets, but there seems to be evidence that Haydn really
preferred only horns. Alto horns with, or in place of trumpets in C has a
long precendence in Haydn's symphonic writing, perhaps most spectacularly
in #48, the oft-purported "Maria Theresia".
>Colin Davis does a great job on #86, possibly on the rest as well. If
>your search for Paris symphonies extends through #88 don't miss Reiner.
I believe that if one looks at the circumstances involving their
commission, symphonies Nos. 88-92 could also be considered "Paris"
symphonies. And yes, that includes the "Oxford", which FJH didn't compose
for the occasion of receiving his doctorate from that institution--rather,
it was something he had "at hand".
Bill H.
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