It is in these 12 London symphonies that Haydn gift for symphonic writing is at its peak

Marc Minkowski with the Musiciens du Louvre we book here a recorded version during a concert at the Vienna Konzerthaus in 2009 (the year of Haydn bicentenary). And the Viennese press of the time so did not spare his enthusiasm: "The musicians cultivate musical vivacity and verve! Jubilant! Haydn incredibly fresh and alive! "

In fact Mark Minkowski and his Musiciens du Louvre are well suited interpreters to feel all the inventiveness and formal joke of this music.

For Haydn surprises us more than once in these symphonies, with his elegant writing which does not exclude a constant humor. And this interpretation sounds slight but contrasts accentuated by a nervous and spontaneous leadership was particularly convinced.