Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Baryton Trios Treasures from the Eszterháza Palace, Vol. 3 Valencia Baryton Project It was Prince Nikolaus of Esterházy’s increasing infatuation with the baryton that compelled Haydn, the prince’s Kapellmeister, to write an unprecedented body of 125 works for baryton trio. The instrument is more like a viola d’amore than a bass viol and has extra strings behind the neck that provide resonance and opportunities for plucking effects. The six works in this album are intimate expressions of great beauty with a sustained level of invention, all of which reflect the prince’s increasing confidence in the instrument. Volumes 1 and 2 are available on 8.574188 and 8.574504. Key features: • The Valencia Baryton Project is an international collective formed to perform the nearly 160 works written by Franz Joseph Haydn for the baryton as well as compositions by other composers, both modern and classical. • Vol. 1 in this series is on 8.574188. The Strad wrote ‘The six trios included have been very well chosen to demonstrate Haydn’s inexhaustible creative fantasy. While Matthew Baker has pride of place as the player of Nikolaus’ instrument, Haydn…has ensured the others are by no means reduced to accompanying lackeys. The trio prove themselves a well attuned team, always alert to the music’s mercurial nature’. • Vol. 2 is on 8.574504: ‘The dark sonority of three instruments pitched in the alto, tenor and bass ranges… makes for a curiously engrossing sequence of music… the Valencia Baryton Project, recorded closely in the airy acoustic of a Spanish castle, provide variety through ornamentation and a range of sonic alterations in repeats’.
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Tracklist
Baryton Trio in G major, Hob.XI:80 (1769?) 1 I. Moderato 2 II. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio 3 III. Finale: Presto Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:57 (1768) 4 I. Adagio 5 II. Menuetto: Un poco allegretto – Trio 6 III. Finale: Presto Baryton Trio in G major, Hob.XI:26 (date unknown) 7 I. Presto assai 8 II. Andante 9 III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio
Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI:72 (date unknown)
0 I. Adagio ! II. Allegro assai (cadenza by Matthew Baker) @ III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio Baryton Trio in C major, Hob.XI:82 (pub. 1771?)
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Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI:50 (date unknown) ^ I. Andante (cadenza by Matthew Baker) & II. Allegro di molto * III. Menuetto: Moderato – Trio
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