Haydn Symphony No 60 C major Il Distratto Roger Norrington Camerata Salzburg

The Symphony No. 60 in C major, Hoboken I/60, was written by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes given the nickname Il Distratto (The Distracted), or in German, »Der Zerstreute«. Roger Norrington conducts Camerata Salzburg It was completed in or by 1775 (most likely, November 1774.) The symphony makes use of music Haydn wrote for a play, Le Distrait, by Jean-François Regnard, given a German revival in 1774 by Karl Wahr under the German title »Der Zerstreute« (Il Distratto is the title that appears on Haydn’s incidental music, however). Symphony no. 60 contains the overture, four entr’actes and finale from the music composed for the five-act play. 1. Adagio, 2/4 - Allegro di molto, 3/4 0:00 2. Andante, 2/4 in G major 8:56 3. Menuetto - Trio, 3/4 (Trio in C minor) 17:00 4. Presto, 2/4 in C minor and major 21:40 5. Adagio (di Lamentatione), 2/4 in F major 24:55 6. Finale: Prestissimo, 2/4 28:44 The slow introduction to the first movement overture opens with a fanfare similar to