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Bach - Brandenburg Concertos / Il Giardino armonico
: essential recording:Il Giardino Armonico is an original instruments group made up of skilled young Italian specialists in Baroque music. They bring a light, airy touch to the Brandenburg Concertos, with deeply felt slow movements, sprightly Allegros, and blistering Prestos. Unlike some of their ilk, they play with vitality while avoiding interpretive extremes; the finale of No.3, for example, is taken at a blistering pace but never feels too fast for the music. Solos are highly accomplished, with scintillating violin and wind contributions, along with charmingly blatty period horns in No. 1. The ...
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Il Giardino Armonico ~ Musica Barocca
: :Founded in 1985 in Milan, Il Giardino Armonico was one of Italy's earliest period instrument groups. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, who also acts as solo flutist, it consists of about 30 players, all highly accomplished and, to judge from their photograph, appropriately taken in what looks like the garden of a country house, all young. Many of them take solo turns, most prominently the concertmaster, the wind players, and the lutist. Their style is very 'baroque,' with lower pitch, speedy tempos, especially in fast movements, clipped articulation, lots of swells as well as ...
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Giovanni Paolo Colonna: Nisi Dominus/Mottetti e Sacre Lamentazioni
from: Tactus Records
: :Founded in 1985 in Milan, Il Giardino Armonico was one of Italy's earliest period instrument groups. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, who also acts as solo flutist, it consists of about 30 players, all highly accomplished and, to judge from their photograph, appropriately taken in what looks like the garden of a country house, all young. Many of them take solo turns, most prominently the concertmaster, the wind players, and the lutist. Their style is very 'baroque,' with lower pitch, speedy tempos, especially in fast movements, clipped articulation, lots of swells as well as ...
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Vivaldi: La Tepesta di mare, La Notte, La Follia ed altri famosi Concerti da Camera
from: Teldec
: :Founded in 1985 in Milan, Il Giardino Armonico was one of Italy's earliest period instrument groups. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, who also acts as solo flutist, it consists of about 30 players, all highly accomplished and, to judge from their photograph, appropriately taken in what looks like the garden of a country house, all young. Many of them take solo turns, most prominently the concertmaster, the wind players, and the lutist. Their style is very 'baroque,' with lower pitch, speedy tempos, especially in fast movements, clipped articulation, lots of swells as well as ...
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Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concertos
from: Dynamic Italy
: :Founded in 1985 in Milan, Il Giardino Armonico was one of Italy's earliest period instrument groups. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, who also acts as solo flutist, it consists of about 30 players, all highly accomplished and, to judge from their photograph, appropriately taken in what looks like the garden of a country house, all young. Many of them take solo turns, most prominently the concertmaster, the wind players, and the lutist. Their style is very 'baroque,' with lower pitch, speedy tempos, especially in fast movements, clipped articulation, lots of swells as well as ...
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Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary Z860; Hail, bright Cecilia Z328; Motets
from: Arts Music
: :Founded in 1985 in Milan, Il Giardino Armonico was one of Italy's earliest period instrument groups. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, who also acts as solo flutist, it consists of about 30 players, all highly accomplished and, to judge from their photograph, appropriately taken in what looks like the garden of a country house, all young. Many of them take solo turns, most prominently the concertmaster, the wind players, and the lutist. Their style is very 'baroque,' with lower pitch, speedy tempos, especially in fast movements, clipped articulation, lots of swells as well as ...
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Giovanni Paolo Colonna: Nisi Dominus/Mottetti e Sacre Lamentazioni
from: Tactus
: :Founded in 1985 in Milan, Il Giardino Armonico was one of Italy's earliest period instrument groups. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, who also acts as solo flutist, it consists of about 30 players, all highly accomplished and, to judge from their photograph, appropriately taken in what looks like the garden of a country house, all young. Many of them take solo turns, most prominently the concertmaster, the wind players, and the lutist. Their style is very 'baroque,' with lower pitch, speedy tempos, especially in fast movements, clipped articulation, lots of swells as well as ...
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Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti da Camera, Vol. 4 - Il Giardino Armonio
: :Founded in 1985 in Milan, Il Giardino Armonico was one of Italy's earliest period instrument groups. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, who also acts as solo flutist, it consists of about 30 players, all highly accomplished and, to judge from their photograph, appropriately taken in what looks like the garden of a country house, all young. Many of them take solo turns, most prominently the concertmaster, the wind players, and the lutist. Their style is very 'baroque,' with lower pitch, speedy tempos, especially in fast movements, clipped articulation, lots of swells as well as ...
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