Joseph Haydn / Symphony No. 49 in F minor “La passione“ (Solomons)

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Symphony No. 49 in F minor “La passione“, Hob. I:49 (1768) 00:00 - Adagio 10:25 - Allegro di molto 17:04 - Menuet & Trio 22:59 - Finale. Presto L’Estro Armonico, dir. Derek Solomons (1982) “This dark-hued, somber -- even tragic -- Symphony, in the unusual key of F minor, stands in the center of the ’Sturm und Drang’ movement. It is also Haydn’s last symphony in the sonata da chiesa form, and unquestionably the greatest. With this work, he obviously thought he had exhausted