Heidelberger Sinfoniker:Fey - Haydn - Complete Symphonies Volume 20

The symphonies presented here date from the years 1762 and 1771. While scored only for strings and pairs of two oboes and horns with a bassoon added, Haydn manages to delight us with numerous surprising ideas: Symphony No. 25 has no slow movement, while No. 36 suddenly becomes a concerto movement with solo violin and solo cello and No. 43 storms forward with relentlessly driving rhythms... You can clearly hear that Haydn was a great experimenter and a great entertainer. Thomas Fey's interpretations make all this clearly heard.