Credits:

Handel, G.F.

Description:

The 21st century Vivaldi by Il Giardino Armonico, evolved after 30 years, with a full lineup! Italy, the home of Baroque music, was not the first country to embrace the ancient music movement. Il Giardino armonico began its activities in Italy in the 1980s, and has since then attracted worldwide attention for its fresh, new-style Baroque performances that differ greatly from those of the Netherlands, the UK, German-speaking countries, and other leading centers of Baroque music. Time has passed, and it is now a reality that Italian Baroque works can now rely on performances by Italian old music groups. Conversely, the 21st century is so vibrant that even in Italy there is competition in the ancient music scene. While the newcomers to the scene are emerging one after another, Antonini, the founder and musical director of the orchestra, has picked up the recorder again as a soloist and dared to face the royal road of Vivaldi's works, because he is convinced that the odds are now against him.Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019, Il Giardino Armonico now participates in the recording of Haydn's complete symphonies, and music director Giovanni Antonini is a noted conductor of Beethoven's symphonies, but its starting point is still the Italian Baroque, and Antonini's Antonini's activities as a recorder player were at the core of his career. That he has remained true to his roots as a recorder player is evidenced by his recordings of the Telemann concertos on Alpha (Alpha 245), "The Serpent and the Fire" with Anna Prohaska (Alpha 250), and "The Death of Reason" (Alpha 450; NYCX-10060 in Japan). The performance of all the tracks in this disc, which is performed in the same chamber style as when the orchestra was first formed, will give you a strong sense of what Antonini wants you to hear now. This disc features all the tracks as they were when the orchestra was first formed. The participation of the original soloists, Enrico Onofri and Margrethe Kell on baroque harp, and other guests, who are now surprisingly splendid, is also a must-see. Naxos Japan