Credits:

Giovanni Antonini

Description:

Volume 9 of the Complete Symphony Recordings! Three carefully selected pieces centered on the theme of Farewell, including rare vocal works from Haydns late period sung by PioGiovanni Antonini, director of the Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, leads this ensemble and the Basel Chamber Orchestra in the HAYDN2032 series, a complete recording of Haydns symphonies.Aiming for completion by the 300th anniversary of the composers birth, this project continues to yield one outstanding performance after another; the theme of this newly released ninth volume is Farewell. Of the three symphonieseach of which was composed against a backdrop of departures or life-changing eventsthe centerpiece is, of course, No. 45, known by the nickname The Farewell Just as the thrilling minor-key developmentso characteristic of the Storm and Stress periodreaches its climax, the solo passages for each