Orfeo Orchestra; Gyorgy Vashegyi - Joseph Haydn: Symphonies No's 24, 30, 42 & 43

The Esterhazy Music Collection series with the Orfeo Orchestra conducted by Gyorgy Vashegyi on the Accent label is dedicated to presenting musical treasures of the Esterhazy family, many of which have been largely forgotten over the centuries. The recordings usually take place in the Apollo Hall of the Esterhazy Palace in Fertod-Eszterhaza, whose acoustics are among the best in the world.The present production is the third volume and offers a selection of earlier symphonies by Joseph Haydn.In addition to Symphonies Nos. 24, 42 and 43 from the years 1764 to 1771, No. 30, which already bore the epithet Alleluja on contemporary copies from 1765, is also heard.This is based on the use of the Gregorian Alleluia of the Easter liturgy in the main theme of the first movement. The symphony may have been composed for ecclesiastical use; a possible performance took place on Easter Sunday 1765.