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BBC Proms Composer: Haydn with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by Nigel Simeone, who picks his top 5 recordings of music by this week's BBC Proms Composer, Joseph Haydn.

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by Nigel Simeone, who picks his top 5 recordings of music by this week's BBC Proms Composer, Joseph Haydn.

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BBC Proms Composer: Haydn
Nigel Simeone picks his 5 essential recordings by this week's Proms Composer, Joseph Haydn.

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.85 in B flat major 'La Reine' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 107.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio sonata no.2 in G minor (3rd and 4th mvts)

    Performer: Ángel Luis Sánchez Moreno. Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Performer: Marc Trénel. Performer: Wies de Boevé. Performer: Alfonso Sebastián Alegre.
    • Zelenka: 6 Sonatas, ZWV 181.
    • Genuin.
    • 108.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata no.21 in C major Op.53 'Waldstein' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata no. 21 in C major Op.53 'Waldstein' (Mvt 3b)

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Frederic Mompou

    Glossa sobre 'Au clair de la lune'

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Danza (Les soirées musicales)

    Performer: Jadran Duncumb. Music Arranger: Matteo Carcassi. Singer: Giulia Semenzato.
    • Corde di Luna: Romantics songs and canzonette.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Hunting Chorus (The Seasons)

    Singer: Werner Güra. Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Orchestra: Concerto Koln Academy. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten.
    • Carus.
    • 9.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String quartet in G minor Op.74 no.3 'Rider' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.64 No.5 \"The Lark\"; Op.1 No.1; Op.74 No.3 \"The Hors.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E flat major H.16.52 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Alfred Brendel plays Haydn & Mozart.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.103 in E flat major 'Drum roll' (Finale)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Everybody's Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 100 \"Military,\" 101 \"The Clock,\" 103 \"Dr.
    • Telarc.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    In Brightest Splendour ... The Heavens Are Telling (The Creation)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Michael George. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Choir: Academy of Ancient Music Chorus. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Haydn: The Creation.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Einar Englund

    The white reindeer - suite (The reindeer race)

    Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Scenes from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 118.

  • Einar Englund

    The White reindeer - suite (The Fell)

    Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Scenes from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 117.

  • Anna Clyne

    Strange Loops

    Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Ensemble: Members Of The Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Billy Budd Op.50 (Act 1 Scene 1 extract)

    Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Joseph Ward. Singer: Michael Langdon. Choir: Choir of Watford Boy's Grammar School. Choir: BBC Men's Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Pristine.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata no.32 in C minor Op.111 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Decca.

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