Philharmonia Hungarica - Haydn- Symphony No. 94 'Surprise'; Symphony No. 103 'Drum Roll (1959/2025) [24/192]

Together, Doráti and the Philharmonia Hungarica would go on to make a celebrated cycle of Haydn symphonies for Decca in the early 1970s. But these early recordings already demonstrate what a potent artistic combination they were, as forerunners both to that monument of gramophone history, and to the modern-day Budapest Festival Orchestra. As reviewers at the time remarked, the strings play with a particular unanimity and attack which sounds uniquely 'Hungarian'. A booklet essay by the music historian David Patmore tells the story of the Philharmonia Hungarica and their debut on record. All six Mercury albums were recorded at sessions in June 1958, held in the Vienna Konzerthaus: a spacious but analytical acoustic, well suited to the label's trademark high-impact sound.

TRACKLIST

1. Philharmonia Hungarica - I. Adagio – Allegro con spirito
2. Philharmonia Hungarica - II. Andante più tosto allegretto
3. Philharmonia Hungarica - III. Menuetto – Trio
4. Philharmonia Hungarica - IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito
5. Philharmonia Hungarica - I. Adagio – Vivace assai
6. Philharmonia Hungarica - II. Andante
7. Philharmonia Hungarica - III. Menuetto – Trio. Allegro molto
8. Philharmonia Hungarica - IV. Finale. Allegro di molto



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