Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, 45 piano trios, 62 piano sonatas, 14 masses and 26 operas, amongst countless other scores. Life and Music The son of a wheelwright ...

Beethoven was so overawed by Haydn’s talent and reputation as a quartet composer that when he came to publish his own early efforts he rearranged them as short piano pieces to avoid comparison.

As well as symphonies, string quartets and piano trios, Haydn wrote a vast number of solo piano pieces, songs, choral works, operas and concertos. One of Haydn's most popular works today is a ...

Sorrell, recognized as a leading interpreter of baroque and classical repertoire, also conducts Mozart’s sonorous overture from Don Giovanni, selections from Handel’s endearing The Water Music, as ...