Haydn: Symphony No. 93, 94 and 95 (Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor; Hyperion). Sabotaged by cavernous sound, Goodman’s cycles of Beethoven and Schubert symphonies nonetheless contained a good ...
Among the many reasons to love Haydn — his puckish wit, his ingenuity, his fecund imagination — it must also be said that the man knew his way around a fart joke. The double-forte bassoon explosion on ...