I had already intended to listen to a Haydn symphony today and the BBC obliged me by broadcasting this work. Having made three posts on works from outside the mainstream I thought it was time to go the heart of the Austro-German tradition.
Unfortunately Christopher Hogwoood's recording was a little too prosaic for my tastes with the slow movement being a little leaden and the "surprise" ineffective. I think I will return to Colin Davis's performance - though I also appreciate many won't like his big band versions of the London symphonies.
And there is the version with extra surprises
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