Haydn - Concertos for Harpsichord & Violin
Ottavio Dantone (conductor & harpsichord), Stefano Montanari (violin), with Stefano Montanari (violin)
Accademia Bizantina
[Montanari's] tone is rich, warm and seductive but with impeccable Classical poise...Throughout the programme, both Montanari and Dantone also add some really delightful touches of ornamentation....
Haydn - Concertos for Harpsichord & Violin
Ottavio Dantone (conductor & harpsichord), Stefano Montanari (violin), with Stefano Montanari (violin)
Accademia Bizantina
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[Montanari's] tone is rich, warm and seductive but with impeccable Classical poise...Throughout the programme, both Montanari and Dantone also add some really delightful touches of ornamentation....
About
Milan’s acclaimed period performance specialists Accademia Bizantina conclude the Haydn anniversary celebrations with an invigorating rethinking of his concertos for harpsichord and violin.
Accademia Bizantina, esteemed by critics and music lovers as one of today’s foremost period performance ensembles, is especially renowned for its respectful mastery of 17th- and 18th-century Italian repertoire
The disc contains a concerto each for violin and harpsichord, as well as one for both instruments. Multi-talented Ottavio Dantone conducts the ensemble and is harpsichord soloist. The group’s leader Stefano Montanari plays the solo part in the Violin Concerto
The Independent lauded the recording of Bach’s Harpsichord Concertos: “For intimacy and brio, there’s Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina . . . the ensemble is faultless.”
Contents and tracklist
- Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord)
- Accademia Bizantina
- Recorded: 2009-02-24
- Recording Venue: Sala Dantesca, Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna
- Stefano Montanari (violin)
- Accademia Bizantina
- Recorded: 2009-02-24
- Recording Venue: Sala Dantesca, Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna
- Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord), Stefano Montanari (violin), Accademia Bizantina
- Recorded: 2009-02-24
- Recording Venue: Sala Dantesca, Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna
Awards and reviews
July/August 2010
[Montanari's] tone is rich, warm and seductive but with impeccable Classical poise...Throughout the programme, both Montanari and Dantone also add some really delightful touches of ornamentation. The recording was made in the Sala Dantesca in Ravenna and it's astonishingly vivid.
15th May 2010
Past Haydn’s anniversary year, the world still needs his intelligence and wit — much in evidence in these bubbly performances from Dantone’s Accademia Bizantina. Stefano Montanari’s agile and subtle playing steals the show in the G major Violin Concerto...A CD that makes you feel good to be alive.
