Another great find!
There is no other set of Haydn overtures at this level of comprehensiveness, nor does there need to be. This one is, according to Classics Today, sensational.
The 22 pieces included here span Haydn's entire career, from the early 1760s right up to the prelude to "Winter" from The Seasons (1801). In them we hear him move from the late-Baroque/early-Classical style to nascent Romanticism. It is the greatest stylistic evolution in the history of music because Haydn was not just a passive observer, but its prime mover. In addition to the overtures from all of the operas that survive, some of which wound up in the symphonies of the same period--most notably the one to La fedeltà premiata, which became the finale to "The Hunt" (La chasse) Symphony--you also get the introduction to The Seven Last Words and the overtures to the oratorios Il ritorno di Tobia and The Creation.
The present recordings are based on the original parts used at the first performances, and not on the later, published versions. Haydn Sinfonietta Wien’s acclaimed recordings of these works were originally produced and released by the Koch/Schwann label, and have been remastered by BIS Records for this collection.
A total of 117:51 minutes, 270 MB.
Link to the file (Rapidshare): http://rapidshare.com/files/223047900/Haydn_Overtures.part1.rar
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