How many masterpieces of the Classical era were premiered in 1962 and conducted by Charles Mackerras? The score to Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C was discovered in 1961 and received its first modern performance a few months later.

Weilerstein’s Haydn is warm not cool – there are sudden changes in dynamics and subtle shifts in tempo throughout – and is full-blooded in a way that isn’t concerned about labels like ‘authentic’ or whether a gesture is historically informed or not. This is playing which believes if an interpretative idea works it must be worth doing or, to put it another way, “if it tastes good, it’s kosher.” The...