Joseph Haydn - Symphony in G minor Hob I:39 | WDR Sinfonieorchester | Andrea Marcon 

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If you add it up, you’ll probably discover that you perhaps really know only about 2% of Haydn’s output. Herein lies a common problem for many people who listen to classical music - they are simply not in a position to make an informed decision about so many composers. The other thing of course is that music is like food, or different colours; some you like, some you don’t, and that’s fine - it’s a personal thing.

@@elaineblackhurst1509 What are the top 10 most impressive pieces that do Haydn justice and will turn someone into a Haydn fan? I'm sure I've heard them all. I've listened to probably 40+ symphonies, the concertos, the 20 best string quartets, dabbled in piano trios and sonatas. Listened to the Creation and some Masses. I haven't touched his operas. I have Mozart if I want classical era opera. How much Haydn does one need to listen to in order to fall in love with his music? You give anyone a top 10 of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, etc. and they'll come away impressed. Haydn is a great composer. But his individual works are not as impressive. The totality of the output is impressive. Anyone who writes over a hundred symphonies must have something to say! So I find Haydn admirable and respectable. But I don't love him like my favorite composers.

Personal, subjective likes and dislikes are entirely the business of the owner and nobody else, and like favourite colours, food, or anything else, composers one prefers to another are fine. Your Haydn list of known works is better than most, if it doesn’t speak to you like Mozart - that’s cool; with many of the great composers who leave me distinctly cool (Debussy for example), I put that down to being my problem rather than that of the composer or his music. I suppose the only thing I’d suggest regarding Haydn, is to try to understand why CPE Bach (in print), Mozart (without reservation), and Beethoven (usually tetchily and grudgingly*) - all pretty good judges - rated Haydn so highly. I may take up your Top 10 idea for Haydn - an interesting challenge. Your spelling of the word favorite would suggest you’re writing from the US; as a good starting place, you might find David Hurwitz’s channel on RU-vid a useful place for getting a better understanding of what Haydn is really about - The Haydn Symphony Crusade is particularly good, though he has done thoughtful and enlightening reviews of a wide range of works/sets of works which many listeners have found very helpful. * Beethoven when asked to write a Mass for the Eszterhazy family referred to Haydn’s recent examples as: ‘…inimitable masterpieces’, and when finished, handed over the Mass in C: ‘…with trepidation’. Rare compliments indeed to anyone.

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The more you understand, the more you appreciate. For me I studied the symphonies in my teens, now I'm in my 50's. I don't "love" all of them, but many I do. the rest I can appreciate.