Symphony No 77 in B flat major

composer

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Recordings

Haydn: Symphonies Nos 76-78

Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Buy by post £6.99 CDH55122 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Vivace

Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 5 on CDH55122 [8'10] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Andante sostenuto

Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 6 on CDH55122 [5'07] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 3: Menuetto: Allegro

Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 7 on CDH55122 [2'24] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 4: Finale: Allegro spiritoso

Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (conductor)

Track 8 on CDH55122 [5'23] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Symphony No 77 in B flat major

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The most notable thing about Symphony No 77 is its finale, one of the first examples of a sonata-rondo form, literally a combination of sonata form with the rondo in which the C section of the A–B–A–C–A comprises a development of earlier material rather than a new theme. The preceding movements are no less distinctive: an opening Vivace with, this time, a true second subject; a leisurely, often restrained Andante sostenuto with the strings muted; and a Minuet of a vigour that looks forward to the true scherzo.

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