Haydn / Antonini / Il Giardino Armonico Haydn 2032 / Roxolana 8 CD

For it's eighth volume, Haydn2032 invites us on a musical journey that takes the Balkan route. Of all the 'Viennese Classical School', Joseph Haydn is certainly the composer closest to folk music, first because he spent his early years in the countryside and also because, unlike his colleagues who worked in the urban centres of the Habsburg monarchy, Haydn was in contact with Croats, Roma and Hungarians throughout his life. These influences were omnipresent in his music, to the delight of Prince Nikolaus I Esterhzy and his guests, but by some accounts were not to the taste of many music theorists in Germany. Haydn gave his Symphony no.63 in C major the title of 'La Roxolana', from the famous sixteenth-century sultana who was the wife of Suleiman the Magnificent after having been his slave. As usual, Giovanni Antonini, who is reunited here with Il Giardino Armonico, juxtaposes Haydn's music with that of another composer. The natural choice here was B?la Bart?k, who is represented by his Romanian Folk Dances, composed in 1917.

1. Symphony No. 63 in C Major, Hob.I:63, "La Roxelane" (Roxolana) 2. 1. I. Allegro 3. 2. II. La Roxelane: Allegretto (O Pi? Tosto Allegro) 4. 3. III. Menuet - Trio 5. 4. IV. Finale: Presto 6. Symphony No. 43 in E-Flat Major, Hob.I:43, "Mercury" 7. 5. I. Allegro 8. 6. II. Adagio 9. 7. III. Menuet - Trio 10. 8. IV. Allegro 11. Bart?k, B?la - Classical Composer 12. Romßn N?pi Tßncok (Romanian Folk Dances), BB 76 13. 9. No. 1. Jocul Cu BTA (Stick Dance) 14. 10. No. 2. Brul (Sash Dance) 15. 11. No. 3. Pe Loc (In One Spot) 16. 12. No. 4. Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum) 17. 13. No. 5. Poarga Romneasca (Romanian Polka) 18. 14. No. 6. Marun?el (Fast Dances): L'istesso Tempo - Allegro Vivace 19. 15. No. 7. Marun?el: Allegro Vivace 20. Anonymous - Classical Composer 21. 16. Sonata Jucunda (Attrib. H.I.F. Von Biber) 22. Haydn, Franz Joseph - Classical Composer 23. Symphony No. 28 in a Major, Hob.I:28 24. 17. I. Allegro Di Molto 25. 18. II. Poco Adagio 26. 19. III. Menuet: Allegro Molto 27. 20. IV. Presto Assai Armonico