The two composers knew each other, defended each other, and learned from each other in ways that shaped their musical output for much of their lives—despite a vast difference in age and temperament.
In the next hour, the story of the deep friendship between Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the great music it inspired.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Performer(s) |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Mozart: “Haydn” Quartets |
Franz Schubert Quartet of Vienna |
Brilliant Classics 94370 |
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| Mozart: Violin Concertos 1-2-3 |
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra |
Brilliant Classics 93291 |
5028421932910 |
| Haydn: Piano Sonatas [Buchbinder] |
Rudolf Buchbinder |
Warner Classics 2564696206 |
825646962068 |
| Mozart: Sonatas Vol. 16 [Uchida] |
Mitsuko Uchida |
Philips 4683562 |
028946835623 |
| Haydn: Quartets op. 33 |
Quatuor Mosaiques |
Naïve E 8801 |
3298490088012 |
| Mozart: Don Giovanni |
London Philharmonic, George Solti. |
Decca 475 7037 |
028947570370 |
| Haydn: Paris Symphonies |
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer |
Brilliant Classics 99925 |
5028421999258 |
| Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” |
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras |
Telarc CD-80139 |
089408013928 |
| Haydn: 12 London Symphonies |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum |
DGG 474 3642-3 |
028947436423 |
| Haydn: The Creation |
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh. |
Archiv Produktion 00289 477 7361 |
028947773610 |
| Mozart: Requiem |
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner |
Philips 420 197-2 |
028942019720 |
