Haydn often incorporated playfulness and irony into his music, even using a game-like approach to composition where he would start with random notes and build pieces around them.
Recording & Production
The Haydn2032 project includes music by other composers contemporary with Haydn, such as Gluck, W. F. Bach, and Mozart, and even later figures like Bartók, to establish connections.
Composition History
The 'Haydn2032' project aims to record all 107 of Joseph Haydn's symphonies by the 300th anniversary of his birth in 2032.
Interpretation
Giovanni Antonini, the artistic director, approaches Haydn's symphonies thematically rather than chronologically, with programs like 'La passione' and 'Il filosofo'.
Instruments
The Kammerorchester Basel, featured on this recording, uses a variety of historical and historically informed instruments, including an 18th-century double bass and period flutes, oboes, and horns.
Performer Biography
Giovanni Antonini, born in Milan, is a founding member and leader of the Baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico and is also the Principal Guest Conductor of Kammerorchester Basel.
Album & Artwork
For the visual presentation of each volume, Haydn2032 collaborates with a photographer from the famous Magnum agency, and contemporary writers contribute essays for each project title.
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