Northern Chamber Orchestra

Haydn

Symphonies 6, 7 and 8

Naxos 8 550722
59 minutes: DDD
1993

Track Listing:

Symphony No. 6 in D Major ("Le Matin" )

1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Adagio - Andante - Adagio
3. Menuet
4. Finale: Allegro

(4:17)
(6:24)
(4:02)
(3:11)

Symphony No. 7 in C Major ("Le Midi")

5. Adagio - Allegro
6. Recitativo: Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
7. Menuetto
8. Finale: Allegro

(5:32)
(8:12)
(3:39)
(3:03)

Symphony No. 8 in G Major ("Le Soir")

9. Allegro molto
10. Andante
11. Menuetto
12. La Tempesta: Presto

(3:55)
(8:47)
(4:49)
(3:35)

Review Excerpts

The Budapest-based Nicholus Esterhazy Sinfonia have all the virtues we would expects from Eastern Europe..However it is eclipsed by the superbly atmospheric playing of Manchester's Northern Chamber Orchestra. In their versions of Nos. 6-9, not a note is played without thought..I've not heard a better disc this year.

Brian Hunt, Daily Telegraph, 27th August 1994.

The Northern Chamber Orchestra is a lively, responsive group, and fields a personable bunch of soloists - deft work from flute and violin, for instance, in the finales of Nos. 6 and 7, an eloquent cello in the Andante of No. 8, and nicely turned cameos from the double-bass in the trios of Le midi and Le soir.. the Allegros are bright-eyed and propulsive, with ample verve and virtuosity in the finales..the full, immediate recording is very acceptable. No one staking a fiver on this disc is likely to be disappointed.

Gramophone, November 1994. Classical Good CD Guide 2001.