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Haydn 2032, Vol. 13 – Horn Signal

The Esterházy princes’ love of hunting prompted their ‘house composer’ Joseph Haydn to make extensive use of the horn. Between 1761 and 1790 there were a total eighteen horn players in princely service, but no trumpeters! So, in his Symphony No. 48 of 1769, for example, Haydn used the horns as ‘replacement trumpets’. The horns strike a flamboyant note in Haydn’s symphonies. (Alpha)

1CD# ALPHA692 $18.99

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 24

Academy of Ancient Music resumes a celebrated project to record Mozart’s Complete Piano Concertos, with this ninth volume released after an extraordinary 20-year wait. Together with renowned scholarpianist Robert Levin, AAM presents Mozart’s Piano Concertos No. 21 in C Major K467, and No. 24 in C Minor K491, described by Mozart scholar Alexander Hyatt King as ‘one of the greatest pianoforte concertos ever composed’. (AAM)

1CD# AAM041 $19.99

George: A Lifelong Journey

A musical journey to foreign worlds: rediscovered music by Sebastian George, a German composer who rose to become a style-defining figure in Moscow and St. Petersburg at the end of the 18th century. George first traveled to Moscow around 1766, and established himself as a composer, entrepreneur, and the owner of a music shop that sold scores and musical instruments. (Perfect Noise)

1CD# PN 2206 $17.99

Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte Unseres

Erlosers Am Kreuz

“This recording is the result of a project launched a few years ago by the Brühl Castle Concerts series and Capella Augustina within the framework of the Haydn Festival, which they organize. We commission works that are related in a certain manner with the oeuvre of Joseph Haydn and are explicitly conceived for an orchestra playing on period instruments. (Cavi Music)

1CD# AVI 8553518 $17.99

Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6

SOMM Recordings’ acclaimed survey of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas by Peter Donohoe reaches its end with Vol. 6 featuring four works illustrating the composer’s endless fascination and creative invention with the piano. Mozart described the Piano Sonata No. 16 (K.545 ) as “a little piano sonata for beginners”. It is so much more than that! (Somm Recordings)

1CD# SOMMCD 0660 $18.99

Haydn: Piano Works, Vols. 1 & 2 [2 CDs]

Acclaimed British pianist Peter Donohoe returns to Signum Records with Vols. 1 and 2 of a new series of Haydn piano works –including the Variations on Gotterhalte den Kaiser, Hob. i, 430. “I cannot imagine a living pianist capable of improving upon Donohoe’s outstanding artistry.”

– Musical Opinion (Signum)

2CD# SIGCD726 $20.79

Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

Born in the vicinity of Cologne, only two years after and some sixty km distant from Beethoven, Johann Wilhelm Wilms was once a musical force to be reckoned with. In Amsterdam, where he lived from the age of 19, his music was actually performed more frequently than Beethoven’s at one period, and his orchestral works were played in such musical centers as Leipzig. (BIS)

1SACD# BIS-2524 $19.99

Mozart, Salieri: Requiem / Herve Niquiet

Two illustrious composers at odds with their Requiem. In 1791, a 36-year-old Mozart composed the one that would remain unfinished due to his death. At the time, Salieri was at the height of his glory at the age of 41, famed for his operas from Paris to Vienna. In 1804 he composed his Requiem, which was strictly intended for his own funeral, where it was indeed played – in 1825. (CDV)

1CD# CVS078 $18.99