Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...

Joseph Haydn's works have inspired some of the greatest performances – and recordings – we've ever heard. In compiling a list of just 20 recordings we've inevitably had to exclude some wonderful ...

Sleepwalking with Santo and Johnny; the child prodigy Debashish Battacharya; Fernando, a great unknown artist; new folk from The Be Good Tanyas; Britain's legendary Nick Lowe; musical trickery from ...

The String Quartet version op. 51 Hob XX/1B is the most often performed and recorded. But it is not the original and only presumably (though not certainly) a transcription of his own – as opposed to ...

With all eyes trained on Scotland just now, it would be an opportune moment to give the sounds of that nation a spin — and we don’t mean the bagpipe (not that there’s anything wrong with that, unless ...

If it weren’t for Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn would be the most famous composer of the Classical era. And yet, Haydn and Mozart were friends and mutual admirers, and Beethoven studied composition with ...

GOSHEN — "Mass in Time of War" by Franz Joseph Haydn is a prayer for peace rather than a celebration of war. In 1796, Napoleon had already invaded Austria, and peace looked very precarious in Vienna.

In a city torn apart by war, an enemy soldier shatters Joseph Haydn’s isolation - and quells his loneliness. David Suchet narrates a moment of unexpected beauty amidst the decay. Show more In a city ...