The Haydn2032 project collaborates with Magnum Photos, a famous agency founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, with a Magnum photographer creating the visual universe for each recording.
Instruments
The ensemble Il Giardino Armonico uses period instruments, with specific details provided for many, such as a 1754 Carlo Antonio Testore cello and a 1759 Johann Josef Stadelmann double bass.
Interpretation
The project aims to establish links between Haydn's works and pieces by other contemporary composers, so each volume includes music by figures like Gluck, Porpora, C. P. E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Michael Haydn, and Stamitz.
Recording & Production
This album is part of the "Haydn2032" project, an ambitious undertaking to record all 107 of Joseph Haydn's symphonies by the 300th anniversary of his birth.
Performer Biography
Il Giardino Armonico, founded in 1985 and led by Giovanni Antonini, is a leading period instrument ensemble that has won major awards for its recordings of works by Vivaldi and other 18th-century composers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Giovanni Antonini, the artistic director, views Haydn's music as 'a kaleidoscope of human emotions' and approaches the symphonies thematically rather than chronologically.
