Il Giardino Armonico Anthology [11cd Set] [Box set]

By : Il Giardino Armonico | Format: Audio CD
Price : £18.49

Product Details

• Audio CD (3 July 2006)
• Number of Discs: 11
• Format: Box set
• Label: warner
• ASIN: B000FQITXE
• Other Editions: MP3 Download
  

 

Il Giardino Armonico Anthology [11cd Set] [Box set]

 

Costumer Reviews

What a treat for any lover of Baroque chamber music, to dip into this boxed set and pull out something to suit your fancy. For fans of Il Giardino Armonico's flamboyant flourishes and exuberant expressiveness, it's like having all your birthdays at once, being presented with this great Warner Classics 11 CD set. My own feeling is that this "free" approach to Baroque music is at its best when applied to the theatrical music of disc 8 or the seventeenth century Italian music on disc 1. The showmanship and playfulness is an absolute joy in many of those pieces. I'm less satisfied with the interpretations of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, (on discs 10 and 11), which require a different approach, I feel. I like my Bach to be a little more measured and subtle, I suppose. It has no need of the Il Giardino Armonico treatment. On the whole, though, I do love this set and wouldn't be without it.

I am very frugal, and I rarely buy music, but this has been a very good purchase.

Il Giardino Armonico directed by Giovanni Antonini is great.

It contains mostly Vivaldi, but it also includes a CD with various Italian composers of the 17th century, one of Neopolitan Chamber music, one of Christmas Concertos, one of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, and one of Baroque Masterpieces including Telemann, Bach, Handel, and Pachelbel.

 

Il Giardino Armonico Anthology [11cd Set] [Box set]