Haydn's Symphony No. 48 was long thought to have been written for, and performed in honour of the state visit of Empress Maria Theresia to Eszterháza in 1773. However, research by Robbins Landon has s...
On the morning of Friday 8 July 1791, at the University of Oxford, Haydn was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music. That same evening his Symphony No. 92 was performed at the Sheldonian Theat...
Haydn's Symphony No. 96 acquired its nickname through an unfortunate misunderstanding, originating in a colourful story reported by a contemporary biographer of the composer. The circumstances concern...
Symphony No. 44 in E minor is one of a number of Haydn's mid-period works representing the Sturm und Drang (‘Storm and Stress') style of melodramatic realism taken over from contemporary German litera...
Despite Eberl's exploitation of new pianistic techniques, the Toccata (subtitled in one edition “Toccata fugata”) is a conscious nod to the past, and to Mozart's late interest in fugal wri...
These twelve piano miniatures, of increasing difficulty, are a magical distillation of Ming Wang's long-desired encounter with the Alpine landscape: Rustling Brook, Two Marmots, Colourful Clouds, The...