Haydn: Trios Pour Nicolaus Esterhazy / Rincontro

Grouping the leading musicians of Café Zimmermann, Rincontro had attracted attention with a first disc devoted to Franz Xavier Richter’s quartets. Here, the ensemble takes the form of a trio to address music by Josef Haydn. Haydn’s trios with baritone were composed for Prins Nicolaus Esterhazy, nicknamed “The Magnificent” because of his extravagancies, amongst which a huge country residence named Esterhaz, built on the model of the chateau of Versailles. Nicolaus was a great music lover; he notably played the baritone, an instrument of the viola family with sympathetic strings. Haydn wrote over a hundred string trios including this instrument.

Tracklisting:

Trio pour baryton Hob. XI.80
1. Moderato 4'53
2. Menuet - Trio 1'19
3. Finale - Presto 2'14
Trio pour baryton Hob. XI.85
4. Adagio 3'59
5. Allegro 2'26
6. Menuet 1'39
Trio pour baryton Hob. XI.14
7. Adagio 5'37
8. Allegro di molto 2'59
9. Menuet - Trio 2'44
Trio pour baryton Hob.XI.97
10. Adagio cantabile 5'54
11. Allegro di molto 2'28
12. Menuet - Trio 2'26
13. Polonaise 1'40
14. Adagio 2'02
15. Menuet - Trio 1'43
16. Finale - Fuga 1'38
Trio pour baryton Hob. XI.59
17. Adagio 4'26
18. Allegro 2'36
19. Menuet - Trio 1'47
Trio pour baryton Hob. XI.96
20. Largo 6'14
21. Allegro 4'11
22. Menuet - Trio 2'04
23. Adagio en Ré Majeur 3'56

2008 Alpha 128