Over the last five decades, the period-instrument movement has steadily colonised more and more of the orchestral repertory. The process has been very fully documented on disc, so that there are now ...

Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...

A complete cycle of Haydn’s 104 symphonies on period instruments has always seemed just out of reach. After two earlier cycles were aborted part way through Decca decided to bring those together and ...

Symphony No. 12 Manfred Huss, Conductor Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta Joseph Haydn, Composer Symphony No. 50 Joseph Haydn, Composer Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta Manfred Huss, Conductor Symphony No. 60, 'Il ...

Symphony No. 1 Joseph Haydn, Composer Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Symphony No. 37 Joseph Haydn, Composer Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor ...

Dvořák: Symphony no 8, Janáček: Symphonic Suite from Jenůfa Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck (Reference Recordings) Dvořák's Seventh has the Brahmsian drama, and the Ninth has the ...

The Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century/ Brüggen; Accademia Bizantina/ Dantone At last! Here is, very belatedly, the first ...

The music of Mozart and Haydn is rarely as simple as it looks, and indeed, much of it is riddled with enough traps to trip up unwary performers. Some try to sidestep the land mines by making ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. For most of us a standard diary, or a five-year one at best, is sufficient for booking engagements. Imagine having ...

This week's pick is a recording of Haydn's London symphonies. During the course of 2009, orchestras across the world will be commemorating the 200th anniversary year of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn ...