List of symphonies by Joseph Haydn
There are 106 symphonies by the classical composer Joseph Haydn. Of these, 104 have numbers associated with them which were originally assigned by Eusebius Mandyczewski in 1908 in the chronological order that was known at the time. In the subsequent decades, numerous inaccuracies in the chronology were found, but the Mandyczewski numbers were so widely used that when Anthony van Hoboken compiled his catalogue of Haydn's works, he incorporated the Mandyczewski number into Catalogue I. Also in that time period, two additional symphonies were discovered |"A"] and Symphony No. 1 in D major
- Hob. I/105 in B major, better known as the Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon
- Hob. I/106 in D major, for which only one part has survived ; sometimes used as the overture to Le pescatrici
- Hob. I/107 in B major, often known not by a number but as Symphony A ; arranged as string quartet op. 1, no. 5 Hob. III/5
- Hob. I/108 in B major, often known not by a number but as Symphony B
Extensive and complete recordings
Several conductors recorded incomplete runs of the symphonies on LP, including two, Hermann Scherchen and Max Goberman, whose efforts have been reissued in all or part on CD. During the 1960s, Leslie Jones conducted some fifty of Haydn's symphonies together with The Little Orchestra of London. Although not using period instruments, Jones may have been one of the first conductors to use small scale forces. From the mid-1970s to early 1990s, Neville Marriner recorded the "name" symphonies with the Academy of [St Martin in the Fields] for Philips Classics. These include Nos. 6-8, 22, 26, 31, 43-45, 47-49, 53, 55, 59, 60, 63, 69, 73, 82, 83, 85, 92, 94, 96, 100, 101, 103, 104. They were originally released separately, then as a box set. Four conductors have recorded the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn:- Ernst Märzendorfer recorded a complete set with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, but it was little known at the time due to limited US-only distribution.
- The first to make a complete recording that was widely available was the Hungarian-American conductor Antal Doráti, with the Philharmonia Hungarica for Decca during the 1970's, issued first on LP and subsequently on CD.
- Hungarian conductor Ádám Fischer recorded a complete CD cycle between 1987 and 2001 with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra.
- In 2009, American conductor Dennis Russell Davies completed a cycle with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra for Sony Classical.
Between 1980 and 1986, the violinist Derek Solomons recorded on period instruments 49 symphonies with L'Estro Armonico for CBS Masterworks. These include Nos. 1-5, 10, 11, 15-20, 26, 27, 32, 33, 35, 37-39, 41-52, 54-60, 63-69, 107, 108.
Between 1989 and 1990, Trevor Pinnock recorded on period instruments the Sturm und Drang symphonies with The English Concert for Deutsche Grammophon's Archiv Produktion. These include Nos. 26, 35, 38, 39, 41-52, 58, 59, 65. In 1987, Pinnock had already recorded Nos. 6-8.
Also, in 1990, another attempt at a complete Haydn cycle on period instruments began with the Hanover Band led from the keyboard by Roy Goodman for Hyperion Records. Unfortunately, after releasing 57 symphonies on 17 CDs, this project ran out of funds in 1994.
There are two active attempts to record the complete cycle on period instruments. As of early 2015, Thomas Fey has passed the halfway point of recording all the symphonies – 57 plus the Sinfonia Concertante in 22 volumes so far – with the Heidelberger Sinfoniker for Hänssler. The first volumes were released in 2000. In 2014, Giovanni Antonini commenced a cycle for Alpha Records with Il Giardino Armonico and Kammerorchester Basel, aiming to perform and record all of Haydn's symphonies by 2032.
Conductor Michael Fendre has developed a website which contains for all symphonies, whenever available, links to the recordings by Antal Doráti, Ádám Fischer and Christopher Hogwood. The site also contains facts, analyses and a score of each symphony.