Joseph Haydn's last 12 symphonies, commissioned by the London impresario Johann Peter Saloman and composed between 1791 and 1795, are known as the London Symphonies, and are considered the ...

Marc Minkowski, an unusually creative if sometimes self-indulgent conductor, offers a highly personal set of Haydn's 12 "London" symphonies, without any particular unifying theme or approach ...

When they first appeared on LP, between 1976 and 1982, Sir Colin Davis's recordings of Haydn's climactic ''London'' Symphonies drove many a hard-bitten critic to paeans of superlatives. Though five of ...

This 1997 Deutsche Grammophon CD is a fine example ... now part of a bargain-priced box set containing all 12 of Haydn’s “London Symphonies” plus a fine performance of Haydn’s oratorio ...

Aficionados of Adám Fischer’s revisiting of Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphonies will know what to expect from this final instalment. His nimble chamber band fields a lean string section that nevertheless ...

Haydn ended up making two extended visits to London, composing his final 12 symphonies (called the "London Symphonies") for his adoring English fans.

It is the finale of a Haydn project spanning several years which saw the orchestra and conductor perform all twelve London symphonies and record them for CD in the orchestra's converted rehearsal ...

It is the finale of a Haydn project spanning several years which saw the orchestra and conductor perform all twelve London symphonies and record them for CD in the orchestra's converted rehearsal ...

Finally, is Joseph Haydn’s Symphony no. 97 in C major, Hob. I:97. Haydn’s celebrated London Symphonies were inspired by the composer’s highly successful visits to England between 1791 and 1795.

This week's pick is a recording of Haydn's London symphonies. During the course of 2009, orchestras across the world will be commemorating the 200th anniversary year of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn ...

The symphonies Haydn wrote for his two London visits in the early 1790s were the summation of a long career, bringing him the international celebrity his work for the Esterházy family had denied him.