Haydn at his best. glorious piece of music

I love Adagio. Cantabile , the sound of the traditional flute. Beautiful! 💗

Life affirming music, superbly played. Thanks for this marvelous Haydn series.

Symphony n°24 of 1764 is unquestionably one of Haydn's early symphonic masterpieces, together with n°30, 31, 29 and 28 of 1765 (most probable chronological order according to the "forensic" study of Sonja Gerlach, 1996) - a vintage period of Haydn's symphonic output. The first and last movements of n°24 are performed by Giovanni Antonini with a tremendous energy and drive: highly dramatic! The development section of the first movement is downright ferocious: "Sturm und Drang" avant la lettre. Antonini has a liking for holding fermatas as long as ever possible, as at the end of the first movement's development (bar 60), which enhances the dramatic effect of the recapitulation beginning unexpectedly in the minor mode and piano instead of forte (bar 61). In the last movement Antonini nicely brings out the dissonant basses in bars 21-25 (exposition) and 69-73 (recapitulation). A small comment on the first movement. No composer in his right mind would repeat himself four times in a row without a good reason. So if Haydn does exactly that in bars 23-26 (and in the parallel place bars 75-78) the performers have to shape this passage in some creative way, otherwise it sounds as if the stylus got stuck in a LP groove. At that time there were very little dynamics written in the score (and the autograph of n°24 has come down to us) because the performers were familiar with the style and hadn't to be told how to shape the music. One obvious solution could be a crescendo over the four bars, i.e. an intensification, but one can imagine several other ways of creating some variety in this sequence, including embellishments - just doing nothing at all because nothing is specified in the score is against the style of the period. However, in none of all the recordings I know, including Antonini's, there is anything else than pure repetition - amazing. According to H.C. Robbins Landon the second movement could have originated from Haydn's lost flute concerto in D. At the end of the movement there is a fermata for the whole orchestra (bar 53), after which the solo flutist correctly plays a cadenza (not written by Haydn), as was expected in the style of the period. On the CD recording the horn players add embellishments in the repeats of the minuet's trio: it's hilarious! Like coming home drunk after a hunting party! Unfortunately, however, this idea (apart from a few little trills) obviously hadn't occurred to them at the time of the concert - a good motivation for buying the CD! By the way, H.C. Robbins Landon observes that “in this Finale Haydn wrote a kind of farewell music which significantly turns up in the same key, and as a real “farewell” music, in the last act of “Le Pescatrici” (first performed at Eszterháza in 1770; composed the previous year). The orchestration is even the same, with the daring strings in semiquavers and the sustained oboes. 'Andiamo, partiamo', sings Mastricco in the opera. So there is something final in this music, also in Haydn's subconscious.” (“Haydn. Chronicle and Works - Haydn: the Early Years, 1732-1765”, Vol. 1, p. 568). Symphony n°24 was composed in 1764.

Bravo! Antonini has dusted off the cobwebs of stale, older performances and given us Haydn as it was surely meant to be heard! Quite a revelation...and I've heard many Haydn performances in my time! He's the best.

Браво ! Спасибо !

Have always enjoyed this one. Thank you for the beautiful performance.

Superb as Always!!!😮❤😢🎉

Incredible

Another masterpiece ... well played, well composed.

You rock Colossal Drop a like‼️ I felt like I'm over the moon🎑

😍😍😍

Finalmente per la prima volta si vede una grande esecuzione dal vivo di questa dimenticata ma bella sinfonia ma che rimane tra le mie preferite! In particolare Haydn nel primo movimento, come non mai, riesce a passare da un clima giocoso tipo filastrocca ad uno impetuoso, drammatico; due momenti umorali in antitesi, ma tutto si fonde in maniera perfetta e inebriante!

I don' t listen to Mozart anymore, but i can't do without Haydn, is it serious?

I prefer Haydn performed on modern instruments - and not standing up.