Title: Haydn 2032, Vol. 18 - Il maestro di scuola
Artist: Giovanni Antonini
Label: Alpha
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3701624510926
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-01-30
Number of Discs: 1

Joseph Haydn gave lessons in singing, keyboard instruments, theory, and composition throughout his life. His pupils included Ignaz Pleyel, Sigismund Neukomm, and the Pole Franciszek (Franz) Lessel. In October 1805, the latter received from his teacher the autograph score of his Symphony No. 56, dating from 1774. This symphony forms a pair with Symphony No. 55, known as 'The Schoolmaster', dating from the same year. Both are included in this eighteenth volume of the Haydn2032 series, along with Symphony No. 29 (1765), "whose finale Presto sounds as if a swarm of naughty children had just escaped from a strict teacher," writes Christian Moritz-Bauer. Giovanni Antonini and the Kammerorchester Basel also recorded the finale of Lessel's Fifth Symphony in G minor, the only movement that has survived from his complete orchestral works, which include five other symphonies.

Tracks:
1.1 Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56-I. Allegro Di Molto
1.2 Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56-II. Adagio
1.3 Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56-III. Menuet - Trio
1.4 Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56-IV. Finale. Prestissimo
1.5 Symphony No. 29 in E Major, Hob. I:29-I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
1.6 Symphony No. 29 in E Major, Hob. I:29-II. Andante
1.7 Symphony No. 29 in E Major, Hob. I:29-III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio
1.8 Symphony No. 29 in E Major, Hob. I:29-IV. Finale. Presto
1.9 Symphony No. 55 in E Flat Major, Hob. I:55 "Il Maestro Di Scuola"-I. Allegro Di Molto
1.10 Symphony No. 55 in E Flat Major, Hob. I:55 "Il Maestro Di Scuola"-II. Adagio Ma Semplicemente
1.11 Symphony No. 55 in E Flat Major, Hob. I:55 "Il Maestro Di Scuola"-III. Menuetto - Trio
1.12 Symphony No. 55 in E Flat Major, Hob. I:55 "Il Maestro Di Scuola"-IV. Finale. Presto
1.13 Symphony No. 5 in G minor