I really wish I could say that what I listened to today profoundly moved me.

Alas.

I just listened to 21 tracks of music that passed through me without leaving any impression at all.

That’s not good.

Oh, Track 20 (Movement II – “Allegro di molto” – of Haydn Baryton Trio No. 87 in A Minor) raised an eyebrow. But only slightly. In Spock fashion.

The rest of these trios sounded the same to me.

Yawn.

Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to see if I can wake up enough to go do my job.

Here are the members of the Esterhazy Ensemble playing today’s Baryton Trios:

Michael Brussing baryton
Andras Bolyki viola
Maria Andrasfalvy-Brussing cello

Below is what I listened to this morning. NOTE: I don’t know if people didn’t keep track of such things back then, or if these are just too old. But the date of composition on these seems to be nebulous, anywhere from 1766 to 1776, give or take. Haydn was in his early thirties for most of these. Give or take.

Haydn Baryton Trio No. 81 in D

Haydn Baryton Trio No. 82 in C

Haydn Baryton Trio No. 83 in F

Haydn Baryton Trio No. 84 in G

Haydn Baryton Trio No. 85 in D

Haydn Baryton Trio No. 86 in A

Haydn Baryton Trio No. 87 in A Minor

I’m not going to look up each one of these on YouTube this morning.

You’ve got fingers. Do it yourself.