Symphony No. 20 (Michael Haydn)

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Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 20 in C major, Perger 12, Sherman 20, MH 252, written in Salzburg in 1777, is one of the few of his symphonies to have a slow movement in a minor key, and one of his few C major symphonies to not include trumpets or timpani.

Contents

Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings, in four movements:

  1. Allegro molto
  2. Andante, in A minor
  3. Menuetto e Trio, both in F major
  4. Presto

Discography

An LP was released in 1983 on EMI by the Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Harold Farberman. [1] This was reissued on Vox Box CDX 5020. There is also a recording by the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest, conducted by János Rolla, on Teldec 8.43188 (no longer available).

Notes

  1. ↑ Sherman (1982): lxvi

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