Kammerorchester Basel: Haydn 2032, Vol. 14 - L'Imperiale (LP version) - VINYL LP

Kammerorchester Basel: Haydn 2032, Vol. 14 - L'Imperiale (LP version) - VINYL LP

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Haydn 2032, Vol. 14 - L'Imperiale (LP version)

Artist:

Kammerorchester Basel

Label:

Alpha

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

3760014196959

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2026-04-10

Number of Discs:

2

The fourteenth volume of the Haydn2032 edition is entitled L'Imperiale, after the nickname given to Symphony No. 53 in the nineteenth century. This was perhaps Haydn's most famous symphony during his lifetime. Premiered in the theatre at Eszterhaza Palace in 1778, it was published in London around 1781, and it's melodious Andante was arranged more than thirty times for various instruments between 1783 and 1820. It made a decisive contribution to Haydn's success, opening the way for him to perform in England. Symphony No. 54, whose entertaining, theatrical style is a perfectly match for the atmosphere of the legendary court festivities given at Eszterhaza around 1775, completes this programme along with No. 33, one of his first festive works with trumpets, composed c.1761. In his introductory text, Giovanni Antonini revels in the 'capricious', whimsical character of certain passages in the last movement of Symphony No. 53; he also offers an alternative finale of the work at the end of the album.

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