Il Giardino Armonico
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a maddening, fascinating and often bewitching disc —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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As ever, Antonini and his crack period band are attuned both to the spirit and the fine details of Haydn's music. For sheer rhythmic vitality these performances are hard to beat. There are no... —
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As in the previous volumes, the orchestral playing is breathtaking in its accuracy -the sort of Haydn playing you dream of…this may well become the period-instrument Haydn cycle by which all... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Orchestral
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Antonini proves an athletic and affectionate communicator of this sophisticated music, enlivening the dances with well-judged tempos, cogent articulation and a light tread that would grace any... —
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Baroque
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Locatelli: Il Virtuoso, Il Poeta
Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Faust brilliantly masters the high-wire acrobatics of Locatelli’s writing, which includes almost ear-piercingly high playing positions, extreme left-hand extensions, double stops and all manner... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos
RecommendedCadenzas by Andreas Staier
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
remarkably smooth and sweet toned playing … the ‘Turkish’ episode…is splendidly done, its snarling crescendos well-handled by Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, and the percussive bow-slapping... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th October 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Antonini sets out deliberately to counter the kind of smooth, polished sound cultivated by such conductors as Karajan. Certainly, the spiky approach of Il Giardino Armonico’s playing makes for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Symphonie
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Building A Library, April 2026, Top Choice
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Antonini’s standing among the most vital of current Haydn conductors is as evident here in the hushed intensity he brings to the remote Adagio of the Farewell Symphony as it is in the driving... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung
RecommendedAnna Lucia Richter (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
Antonini has a fine line-up of soloists, and they clearly enjoy themselves: the soprano Anna Lucia Richter and the tenor Maximilian Schmidt both have attractively light-toned voices, and Richter’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Baroque Album
Vivaldi - Bach - Barbella - Paisiello - Hummel
Avi Avital (mandolin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Avital’s seemingly effortless virtuosity and quasi-improvisatory flights in this audibly genial collaboration will send you on your way rejoicing. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Concerto Recording of the Year
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