This series of ‘Sturm und Drang’ recordings incorporates iconic compositions by Mozart, Gluck and, above all, Joseph Haydn, but it also includes largely forgotten or neglected works by less familiar names. The music featured on this disc was all composed in the 1760s. It includes ballet and opera as well as symphonies, but is drawn together by the hallmarks of the remarkably visceral and dynamic style of music that we now call ‘Sturm und Drang’.
1. Final scene from Don Juan: Larghetto – Chaconne (Allegro non troppo)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714 – 1774)
2. “Ombre che tacite qui sede” from Fetonte
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
3. “Non v’è chi mi aiuta” from La canterina
Franz Ignaz Beck (1734 – 1809)
Symphony in G minor, Op. 3, no. 3
4. I. Allegro con spirito
5. II. Andante un poco adagio
6. III. Minuetto e Trio
7. IV. Presto
Tommaso Traetta (1727 – 1779)
8. “Crudeli, ahimè, che fate?” from Sofonisba
9. “Sofonisba, che aspetti?” from Sofonisba
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 49 in F minor, ‘La Passione’
10. I. Adagio
11. II. Allegro di molto
12. III. Menuet e Trio
13. IV. Presto
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