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Richard Wigmore for Building a Library sifts through some of the available recordings of Haydn Symphony No. 99 in E flat and comes up with a recommendation.

By the time Haydn wrote his ninety-ninth symphony he was Europe's most celebrated and best-paid composer. Released from a lifetime of musical servitude at a provincial court, he was now catering for a sophisticated metropolitan public that couldn't get enough of his music and the result was Haydn's mature style, at once earthy and refined, playful and profound. Symphony No. 99 is a prime example of late, great Haydn, represented in the catalogue by recordings from grand-old-man conductor and orchestra pairings, to the latest period performance ensembles.

Recommended recording: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble / Marc Minkowski

Available on:

HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 93 - 104 (the London Symphonies)
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
NAIVE V5176

Other recommended recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Richard Wigmore also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

Haydn - London Symphonies
HAYDN: Symphony No. 68 in B flat major; Symphonies Nos. 93 - 104 (the London Symphonies)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564630612

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