Overshadowed by his father, Michael Haydn penned some delectable music and here are father and son on a single disc of Violin Concertos, completed with two Mozart ‘movements’.
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Violin Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIa No. 1*
Violin Concerto in G major, Hob. VIIa No. 4
MICHAEL HAYDN|
Violin Concerto in A major+
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Adagio in E major for Violin & Orchestra, KV 261
Rondo in C major for Violin & Orchestra, KV 373
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
English Chamber Orchestra*
Raymond Leppard*
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Raymond Leppard
Concertgebouw Orchestra+
Edo de Waart+
‘For admirers of Grumiaux’s readings of Mozart, the Adagio and Rondo will be obligatory…For everybody else, merely a very strong recommendation’ Fanfare