Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Release: 2015
Size: 1.27 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 46 in B Major, Hob. I:46
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Poco adagio
03. III. Menuet (Allegretto) – Trio
04. IV. Finale (Presto e scherzando)
Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:22 “Der Philosoph”
05. I. Adagio
06. II. Presto
07. III. Menuetto & Trio
08. IV. Finale (Presto)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach:
Symphony in F Major, BR C 2 / Fk. 67
09. I. Vivace
10. II. Andante
11. III. Allegro
12. IV. Menuetto I – Menuetto II
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 47 in G Major, Hob. I:47
13. I. [Allegro]
14. II. Un poco adagio, cantabile
15. III. Menuet & Trio
16. IV. Finale (Presto assai)
Recorded: Teldex Studio Berlin, 16-20 June 2014
For this second volume in the Haydn 2032 project, the complete recording of his symphonies, Giovanni Antonini has chosen to put forward the Symphony Der Philosoph. He associates with it a symphony by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, eldest son of the Kantor of Leipzig, who is generally considered the most gifted of his sons. Different reasons brought these two great composers the originality and sometimes eccentricity that characterize their works, one suffering from the fame of his father, the other from his own genius. Whereas Haydn’s symphonies differentiate themselves by form, orchestration and keys, W. F. Bach’s begins in the style of a Baroque overture, gradually turning into a tempestuous piece and perhaps already reflecting the transition from a ‘Golden Age’ to the more tormented world that will follow the Age of Enlightenment.