Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod explores the compositions and early life of Joseph Haydn, including his disastrous marriage to his true love's elder sister. Part of Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009 season. Missa Brevis Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen (soprano) Collegium Musicum 90 Richard Hickox (conductor) CHAN 0734 CD5 T15-20 L'isola disabitata (excerpt from Part 2) Costanza ...... Norma Lerer Silvia ...... Linda Zoghby Gernando ...... Luigi Alva Enrico ...... Renato Bruson Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Antal Dorati (conductor) Philips 4324272 CD2 T7-9 Piano Trio, H XV 38 (finale) Trio 1790 CPO 7772432 T12 Organ Concerto in C, H XVIII 1 (largo) Gabor Lehotka (organ) The Budapest Strings Karoly Botvay (director) Hungaroton HCD31175 T2.