List of Symphonies By Joseph Haydn - Complete Recordings

Complete Recordings

Four conductors have recorded the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn.

• The first to complete the recording project was the Austrian conductor Ernst Märzendorfer, who recorded them with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. However, this set of recordings had a very limited release and remains largely unknown.
• The first to make a complete recording that was widely available was the Hungarian-British conductor Antal Doráti, with the Philharmonia Hungarica.
• Hungarian conductor Ádám Fischer recorded a complete cycle in the late 1990s with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra.
• In 2009, American conductor Dennis Russell Davies completed a cycle with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

Christopher Hogwood was to have recorded a complete cycle of Haydn symphonies with the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) for Decca's L'Oiseau Lyre imprint in a total of 15 volumes, each containing 3 CDs. Between 1990 and 2000, a total of 10 of these volumes were commercially released; these volumes contain Nos. 1–75, plus the two early symphonies numbered 107 and 108, and are presented in a theoretical chronological order rather than numerical order. (The program booklets contained in each of these 10 volumes contain a concordance to the complete contents of the 15 volumes.) Prior to the commencement of this project, Hogwood and the AAM had recorded several of Haydn's later symphonies for L'Oiseau Lyre, which were released on LP. These earlier recordings were never re-issued on CD, the remaining five volumes of the series were never released, and the L'Oiseau Lyre imprint was discontinued. Another attempt at a complete Haydn cycle on period instruments begun around this time, by the Hanover Band led by Roy Goodman for Nimbus, was also never completed.