Haydn: Late Symphonies: Nos. 84 85 'La Reine' and 86 - Volume 5Joseph HaydnAlbumGenre: ClassicalDescription: Haydn composed the three symphonies in this volume during the mid-1780s in a spirit of triumph. Though still employed by the Esterhazy family he had recently been allowed to publish his music himself and to accept outside commissions. A number of symphonies were duly commissioned by a new large ensemble recently established in Paris. Superficially similar they reveal Haydn's inexhaustible creativity whether in the astonishingly colourful introduction to No. 84 the rustic interludes in the trio section of No. 85 - a favourite of Marie Antoinette or in the greatest of the Paris symphonies No. 86 where the transition from the slow introduction to the main section is unequalled in his music.
