Symphony No. 29 (Haydn)

Discography#

In the LP era, neither Antal Doráti with the Philharmonia Hungarica nor Leslie Jones with the Little Orchestra of London provide a tune for the trio of the Minuet. Loibner has the Vienna Academy Chamber Orchestra’s harpsichordist Christa Fuhrmann give “the outline of a melody—a convincing example of improvisation which suits the music well.” Moving on to the CD era, on Naxos Records, Nicholas Ward and the Northern Chamber Orchestra pair No. 29 with Nos. 22 and 60. Ward’s recording has no tune in the trio of the minuet. Neither has that of Adam Fischer conducting the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra in Haydn’s complete symphonies. The recording by Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music also omits a harpsichord melody in the third movement.