Description
Track listing:
Disc 1
1-12 Erster Teil (First Part): Hob: XXVIa: 1 – 12; 1781
13-16 Arianna a Naxos
Disc 2
Cantata a voca sola
1-12 Zweiter Teil (Second Part): Hob: XXVIa: 13 – 24; 1784
13-14 Italian Duets
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 –1809)
XXIV Lieder für das Clavier, Cantata – Arwnna A Naxos, Duets
Andrea Folan, soprano
Tom Beghin, fortepiano
Chi-Chen Wu, fortepiano
Pablo Bustos, tenor
Configuration: Digital download (320 kbps MP3)
Available: September, 2013
Recorded: CD 1: March 21 –23, 1995, CD 2: August 17 –19, 2009
Booklet: 28 page
Features:
• Complete recording of all 24 of Haydn’s German songs.
• World première recording.
• Performed by musicians who are experts in 18th century performance practice, including the art of ornamenting
Haydn’s vocal music.
• Accompaniments are performed on replicas of Haydn’s fortepiano from around 1790.
• Booklet essay by distinguished Haydn scholar, Professor James Webster from Cornell University. A note on
performance by fortepianist Tom Beghin is also included, along with English translations of all the song texts.
