Credits:Alessandro BacciniDescription:MichaelHaydn:DivertimentoinCmajor,P.115CarlStamitz:OboeQuartetinDmajor,Op.8,No.1OboeQuartetinFmajor,Op.8,No.3OboeQuartetinEflatmajor,Op.8,No.4AlessandroBaccini,oboe&englishhornMembersofNuovoQuartettoItalianoLucaStevanato,contrabassDigitalRecording:03/2007MichaelHaydnspentmuchofhiscareerinSalzburgandwonaconsiderablecontemporaryreputationasacomposer,sinceovershadowedbytheachievementofhiselderbrother,JosephHaydn.CarlStamitzhadhisearlytraininginMannheim,homethenofoneofthemostfamousorchestrasinEurope,beforeestablishinghisreputationasacomposerandperformerinParis,inLondonandelsewhere.Heisvaluedinparticularforhischambermusic.TheOpus8Quartetsarenotableforthevirtuosodemandsmadeofallfourinstrumentalists.(NAXOS)