Put Out by Bach As London Calls ; Christopher Morley Discovers a Mixed Bag Among the Latest Classical Music Releases Culture

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Hyperion has got off to an early start in this year which marks the bicentenary of Haydn's death by releasing a wonderful four-CD boxed set of the composer's 12 London symphonies, the last he composed out of an amazing total of 104.

Set against this, his 103 string quartets, the 175 (at least) works he composed for the obscure baryton instrument so beloved of his aristocratic employer, the 24 operas and so much else besides and you get a picture of the industriousness of the man.

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Put Out by Bach As London Calls ; Christopher Morley Discovers a Mixed Bag Among the Latest Classical Music Releases Culture

The London symphonies come from a time when the composer was in his 60s and making two lengthy, taxing and somewhat perilous journeys across Europe to the English capital to appear at concerts promoted by the impresario, Johann Peter Sa...

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