Barenboim Daniel - Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 44-49 [CD]

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Fiery accounts of six symphonies from Haydn\u2019s \u2018Sturm und Drang\u2019 period. \r
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Daniel Barenboim had been conducting the English Chamber Orchestra for 20 years when he made the first of the three Deutsche Grammophon LPs newly remastered and compiled on this Eloquence reissue. The familiarity tells in the crisp and dynamic response of the ECO to Barenboim\u2019s elegant and idiomatic leadership. Without recourse to the bright and individuated instrumental textures of period instruments \u2013 a performing philosophy he has always shunned \u2013 Barenboim vividly outlines the knife-edge drama of the \u2018Trauer\u2019 Symphony (No. 44), the horn-led festivity of the piece dedicated to the Empress Maria Theresia (No. 48) and the unpredictable twists and turns of the \u2018Farewell\u2019 (No. 45). \r
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Deprived of memorable nicknames, Nos. 46 and 47 have never achieved the renown of the other four symphonies composed around the turn of the 1770s, yet Barenboim is alive to their revolutionary qualities. Haydn was no hide-bound conservative but one of music\u2019s great innovators and experimenters, exemplified by the palindromic ingenuity of No. 47\u2019s Minuet and Trio and the subtle, proto-Minimalist rhythmic patterning of the symphony\u2019s not-so-slow movement. \r
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While Barenboim has since become renowned for his broadly conceived interpretations of Bruckner and Wagner, the forward drive and relentless energy of No. 49 (\u2018La Passione\u2019) belong in spirit to the early recordings of Mozart concertos and Beethoven sonatas that propelled him to international fame as a prodigiously gifted young musician. Made in studio sessions in 1975 and 1978 in Edinburgh and London, these recordings combine the best of \u2018old\u2019 and \u2018new\u2019 approaches to Papa Haydn at his least Papa-like. \r
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\u2018The \u201cFarewell\u201d is downright revelatory in terms of that frequently misjudged work\u2019s substance and depth \u2026 [No.48] is irresistibly attractive in DG\u2019s splendidly open sound \u2026 there cannot be more than a handful of Haydn symphony records from any source as stimulating and pleasurable as this one.\u2019 Stereo Review, March 1980\r
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\u2018A few more recordings like this could make us forget that Barenboim started out as one of our most promising young pianists \u2026 These performances are crisp and bright, and the attendant clarity is achieved with seeming ease\u2026 Highly recommended.\u2019 Fanfare, November 1981

Symphony No. 44 In E Minor, H.I:44 \u2018Trauer-Symphonie\u2019 (Mourning)*

Symphony No. 47 In G Major, Hob. I:47*

Symphony No. 45 In F Sharp Minor, H.I:45 \u2018Abschieds-Symphonie\u2019 (Farewell)

Symphony No. 48 In C Major, H.I:48 \u2018Maria Theresia\u2019*

Symphony No. 46 In B Major, Hob.I:46*

Symphony No. 49 In F Minor, H.I:49 \u2018La Passione\u2019*