Haydn Sacd

Valery Afanassiev is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor. He was the winner of the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1968, as well as 1st prize recipient at the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels in 1971. Afanassiev become widely known in the 1980s due to his musical partnership with Gidon Kremer. Their joint recordings of chamber works by Mozart, Schubert and Brahms were highly praised. His interpretations of solo piano works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and the others have aroused controversy on account of Afanassiev's tempi choices and idiosyncratic expressiveness. He has recorded among others for such labels as Denon and Deutsche Grammophone. For this Japan only release by Sony Classical, Afanassiev performed the piano music by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy and Prokofiev.

Valery Afanassiev is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor. He was the winner of the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1968, as well as 1st prize recipient at the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels in 1971. Afanassiev become widely known in the 1980s due to his musical partnership with Gidon Kremer. Their joint recordings of chamber works by Mozart, Schubert and Brahms were highly praised. His interpretations of solo piano works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and the others have aroused controversy on account of Afanassiev's tempi choices and idiosyncratic expressiveness. He has recorded among others for such labels as Denon and Deutsche Grammophone. For this Japan only release by Sony Classical, Afanassiev performed the piano music by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy and Prokofiev.

Hayden is a staple of the library for many music lovers. Franz Bruggen and his Orchestra of the 18th Century give us what is just a terrific performance of Franz Josef Haydn’s best symphonies. These performances are wonderfully stylish, full of fine neuance, bold,and boyant. Bruggen seems to let Hayden do the playing, unfolding many musical surprises which other big bands seem to miss. Like the performance, the sound engineering is very good, especially important because of Bruggen’s interpretation. That is what makes these performances outstanding.

The late Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra present a collection of Haydn’s expressive and resplendent London Symphonies alongside the spirited and melodic Oxford Symphony.

Following the success of Die Schöpfung (The Creation), which had swiftly gained popularity throughout Europe, Haydn’s librettist Baron Gottfried van Swieten suggested another project, based on James Thomson’s pastoral epic, The Seasons. One of Haydn’s last major works, Die Jahreszeiten depicts the yearly cycle of life in the countryside through the eyes of three peasants, providing us with music of thrilling vitality and creativity.

The Gewandhaus Quartet (German: Gewandhaus-Quartett) is a string quartet based in Leipzig. It was founded in 1808 by members of the Gewandhaus Orchester, as one of the first professional quartets in the world. In its more than 200-year history, they played many world premieres. On this recording the Leipzig Gewandhaus-Quartett is dedicated to the famous string quartets by Joseph Haydn. Haydn, who is considered the "father" of the string quartets, is also the composer of the melody of the German national anthem which can be heard as part of the "Kaiserquartett" on this release. In addition to this it includes also the compositions "Quintenquartett" and "Der Sonnenaufgang".

Valery Afanassiev is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor. He was the winner of the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1968, as well as 1st prize recipient at the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels in 1971. Afanassiev become widely known in the 1980s due to his musical partnership with Gidon Kremer. Their joint recordings of chamber works by Mozart, Schubert and Brahms were highly praised. His interpretations of solo piano works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and the others have aroused controversy on account of Afanassiev's tempi choices and idiosyncratic expressiveness. He has recorded among others for such labels as Denon and Deutsche Grammophone. For this Japan only release by Sony Classical, Afanassiev performed the piano music by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy and Prokofiev.

There have been many recordings of the Brahms' symphonies but few have the passion, vitality and drive of István Kertész’s Vienna Philharmonic cycle. This collection brings together all of Kertész’s Brahms recordings for Decca. His Wiener Philharmoniker Brahms cycle began in May 1964 with a recording of the Second Symphony and continued in 1972-73 with the remaining symphonies and the Variations on a theme of Haydn. Recording of the Variations commenced on March 1, 1973 and upon Kertész’s passing (April 16, 1973), the orchestra completed the recording on May 14, 1973, conductor-less, in his memory.

Japanese double-disc compilation of Istvan Kertesz's 60s recordings for Eurodisk label. Features Joseph Haydn's and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphonies performed with Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Mozart's "Coronation Mass" performed with Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Remastered in 2016 at High Definition 96kHz/24bit from the original analog master of home country.