Michael Haydn: Chamber Music for Flute, Horn and Strings

The music of Michael Haydn is less well known than that of his older brother Franz Joseph, but it shares some of its characteristics: it's invariably well-crafted, elegant, and charming. Michael's music, though, is less likely to push at the boundaries of the conventions of the day and doesn't have the same emotional range, either the profundity or the loopy humor of his brother's best work. These four chamber works for strings and winds are models of Classical charm and grace and should appeal to listeners who are fans of ... Read More

The music of Michael Haydn is less well known than that of his older brother Franz Joseph, but it shares some of its characteristics: it's invariably well-crafted, elegant, and charming. Michael's music, though, is less likely to push at the boundaries of the conventions of the day and doesn't have the same emotional range, either the profundity or the loopy humor of his brother's best work. These four chamber works for strings and winds are models of Classical charm and grace and should appeal to listeners who are fans of light music of the era. One of the attractions of this album is the eccentricity of the instrumental combinations in some of the pieces. Two are for flute quartet (flute, violin, viola, and cello), a standard grouping that was basically a variation on the string quartet. Odder, but still close to the range of normal, is the Divertimento in G major for flute, horn, violin, viola, and cello. Truly eccentric in instrumentation, if not in musical content, is the Divertimento in D major... Read Less

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