Violinist and conductor Tátrai (1912-1999)
Symphony No. 31 in D (Horn Signal) (1765):
i. Allegro
Symphony No. 73 in D (La chasse) (The Hunt) (1782):
iv. Presto
Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, Vilmos Tátrai, cond. Hungaroton, recorded 1965
by Ken
So I noticed this CD lying atop one of the millions of piles of CDs I've finally been trying to organize, and it didn't instantly ring a bell: a pair of D major sort of hunt-themed Haydn symphonies -- the Horn Signal, No. 31, and La Chasse, No. 73, performed by the Hungarian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Vilmos Tátrai. Above we've heard the movements most responsible for the symphonies' nicknames (though it should be noted that the then-overwhelming contingent of four horns is used throughout the Horn Signal Symphony).
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THE CD WAS LYING ABOUT --
