Haydn: Symphony #45 (Farewell) 1. Allegro assai - Wood/LSO

Recorded 1934/London Symphony Orchestra Found at , a great site with many wonderful downloads available. Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, the “Farewell“ Symphony composed in 1772. It was written for Haydn’s patron, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, while he, Haydn and the court orchestra were at the Prince’s summer palace in Eszterhaza. The stay there had been longer than expected, and most of the musicians had been forced to leave their wives back at home in Eisenstadt, so in the last mov