Wednesday 22 February 2017

Classically 18th Century

BBC Music free cover disc. Haydn symphonies nos 44 & 100 plus Mozart symphony no 51.

Performers : BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas McGegan ( 100 ) and Donald Runnicles ( 44 and Mozart )

No 44 the Trauer or Mourning symphony, though not very downbeat. No 100 a London symphony, the Military.

Mozart no 51 a pastiche symphony cobbled together from pre-existing material.

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