JOSEPH HAYDN Kantaten für die Esterházy Cappella Coloniensis, Andreas Spering

A world premiere recording of festive cantatas to the glory of Prince Nicolaus Esterházy. Two of these three works have never been played since their first performances in 1763 and 1764. Haydn composed them in the relative isolation of the princely court, and they display the full artistic resources of the Vice-Kapellmeister, as he then was. 'There was nobody in my vicinity to confuse and annoy me in my course, and so I had to become original.' (Joseph Haydn)