The program heard on this release from Munich's Orfeo label is one that might have been heard in London in the years after 1800. The Haydn vocal pieces and piano trios presented date from the later part of his career and are related to the composer's two extended visits to London in the 1790s. All are lighter works, but the question for the performer is how light to make them. The six so-called English Canzonettas are compact but expressive English-language songs with delightful twists worked into a basic strophic structure ...
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The program heard on this release from Munich's Orfeo label is one that might have been heard in London in the years after 1800. The Haydn vocal pieces and piano trios presented date from the later part of his career and are related to the composer's two extended visits to London in the 1790s. All are lighter works, but the question for the performer is how light to make them. The six so-called English Canzonettas are compact but expressive English-language songs with delightful twists worked into a basic strophic structure. The Scottish Songs, from the set composed for the publisher George Thomson around 1801, are simpler still; they are harmonizations of melodies provided to the composer (without the Scots texts). Yet they are more than arrangements; most are elaborated in the accompaniment with musical details that amplify the mood or some musical detail of the song. The most ambitious works are the two trios, one of which has the familiar "gypsy" finale in G major. Each of these works is...
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