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The Basel Chamber Orchestra present a sound that is a touch sweeter than Il Giardino Armonico’s, although that familiar period-instrument ‘spit’ is still never absent...That sweetness suits these... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2018 More…

Release Date: 17th Nov 2017
Catalogue No: ALPHA676
Label: Alpha
Series: Haydn 2032 project
Length: 78 minutes

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Haydn: Symphony No. 80 in D minor

23:06

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Basel Chamber Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini
Recorded: 24-25 October 2016
Recording Venue: Landgasthof Riehen, Switzerland

I. Allegro spirituoso

4:59

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II. Adagio

8:08

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III. Menuetto

2:34

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IV. Finale. Presto

7:25

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Haydn: Symphony No. 81 in G major

23:09

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Basel Chamber Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini
Recorded: 23-27 July 2016
Recording Venue: Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany

I. Vivace

9:11

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II. Andante

6:45

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto

2:59

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IV. Finale. Allegro, ma non troppo

4:14

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Kraus, J M: Symphony in C minor, VB 142

19:51

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Basel Chamber Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini
Recorded: 23-27 July 2016
Recording Venue: Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany

I. Larghetto. Allegro

9:19

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II. Andante

4:49

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III. Allegro assai

5:43

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Haydn: Symphony No. 19 in D major

12:10

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Basel Chamber Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini
Recorded: 23-27 July 2016
Recording Venue: Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany

I. Allegro molto

5:14

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II. Andante

4:15

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III. Presto

2:41

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Haydn2032, the ambitious project of recording the complete symphonies of Haydn, has been placed from the start under the artistic direction of Giovanni Antonini, with two ensembles, Il Giardino Armonico, which made the first four volumes, and the Kammerochester Basel, to which this fifth volume and the next two are assigned. Another characteristic of the edition is that each time Haydn is set in perspective with another composer; here it is Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-92): ‘Kraus was the first man of genius that I met. Why did he have to die? It is an irreparable loss for our art. The Symphony in C minor he wrote in Vienna specially for me is a work which will be considered a masterpiece in every century’, said Haydn in 1797. Though he long remained forgotten after his death, Kraus made an active contribution to the movement of poetic renewal called ‘Sturm und Drang’ or ‘Geniezeit’ (time of genius) because such artists as the young Goethe broke free of all tradition to follow their hearts alone. When Haydn called Kraus homme de génie, in French, he probably had this context in mind. The two composers had met in Vienna in 1783.

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January 2018

The Basel Chamber Orchestra present a sound that is a touch sweeter than Il Giardino Armonico’s, although that familiar period-instrument ‘spit’ is still never absent...That sweetness suits these later works, in which Haydn’s pithy motivic writing is allied to a melodic breadth...This is another winning entry into Antonini’s Haydn discography.

26th November 2017

Scintillating period-style performances from the Basel players and Antonini.

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