Project 366 - Listener Guide #258




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Summary: "Sir Jeffrey Tate Conducts Haydn" In 1985 Tate was appointed the first Principal Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra and began a major recording programme for EMI which included the complete Mozart symphonies as well as a number of Haydn's. Tate's Haydn and Mozart are in a class of their own. Using modern instrumental forces and often adopting tempi which are much broader than we have come to expect from period orchestras, Tate achieves a lightness and lyricism which make every note compelling. Details at our archive page @ https://archive.org/details/pcast265