Trafalgar - Haydn and Clementi
Franz Joseph Haydn
Overture for an English Opera
Muzio Clementi
Symphony No. 3 in C "The Great National"
Franz Joseph Haydn
March for the Royal Society of Musicians
Symphony No. 103 in E Flat Major - "Drum Roll"
Following on the success of ESSAY’s Aubrey-Maturin recordings, here are orchestral works from the time when the British Empire found itself confronted with Napoleon’s might. Clementi’s “Great National” symphony is fascinating - the second movement is a brilliant set of variations on God Save the King!