OTTOBEUREN

Part of Capriccio’s “Famous European Organs” series, this CD presents music from the Baroque and Classic periods, played with flair and sensitivity on the Riepp

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Clara Haskil Volume 1

This previously unissued live recital from Hilversum (February 14, 1952) unfortunately comes in fluffy, veiled, hiss-ridden sound. The transfers were made from acetates, and it

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Haydn Symphonies

Now that its monumental Bach edition has been accomplished, Hänssler Classic launches another giant project. This CD marks the beginning of a new complete cycle

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Haydn Festetics

The Festetics Quartet plays on period instruments in a way that enhances Haydn’s harmonic pungency and rhythmic tension–yet they also find time to cultivate a

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Nelson Mass

The Lord Nelson Mass is one of the great masterpieces of the classical choral repertoire. It’s literally amazing how threatening Haydn manages to make such

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Haydn quartets

Even in these relatively early explorations of a developing genre, Haydn constantly pushed the string quartet form with ingenious thematic devices, surprise harmonic and melodic

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