Giardino Armonico Bach

With this recording, Swiss harpsichordist Michel Kiener presents his interpretation of the Goldberg Variations, one of Bach’s absolute masterpieces. completed both his piano and harpsichord studies at the Geneva Conservatoire, where he won the prize of virtuosity in both disciplines. He perfected his art with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam and was laureate of the Bruges International Harpsichord Competition. Due to his versatility and his passion for chamber music, Kiener has performed with many outstanding artists such as Christophe Coin, the Kuijken brothers, Ryo Terakado and singers such as Marta Almajano and Jennifer Smith. As a soloist he performed with the ensembles Il Giardino Armonico and Il Gardellino. Michel Kiener performs the Goldberg Variations on his magnificent harpsichord with sumptuous bass made by William Dowd in Paris in 1978, modelled on an instrument made by Nicolas Blanchet in 1730.

With his album 'Concertos' the charismatic mandolinist Avi Avital fulfills a dream and collaborates with the renowned ensemble for historical instruments 'Il Giardino Armonico' and its conductor and founder Giovanni Antonini.

The creator of hundreds of spirited, extroverted instrumental works, Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi is widely recognized as the master of the Baroque instrumental concerto, which he perfected and popularized more than any of his contemporaries. Vivaldi's kinetic rhythms, fluid melodies, bright instrumental effects, and extensions of instrumental technique make his some of the most enjoyable of Baroque music. He was highly influential among his contemporaries and successors: even as esteemed a figure as Johann Sebastian Bach adapted some of Vivaldi's music. Vivaldi's variable textures and dramatic effects initiated the shift toward what became the Classical style; a deeper understanding of his music begins with the realization that, compared with Bach and even Handel, he was Baroque music's arch progressive.

With his album 'Concertos' the charismatic mandolinist Avi Avital fulfills a dream and collaborates with the renowned ensemble for historical instruments 'Il Giardino Armonico' and its conductor and founder Giovanni Antonini.

A good choice of the Red Priest's works performed by The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock - Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble- Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini- Il Giardino Armonico- Musica ad Rhenum- I Filarmonici- English Chamber Orchestra- Holland Boys Choir- Clemencic Consort- Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra…

Above the album worked the 'Baroque Festival ', and his release took place on 2021. The album has got songs with a total duration of more than an hour. A compilation is a compilation of original music.

The creator of hundreds of spirited, extroverted instrumental works, Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi is widely recognized as the master of the Baroque instrumental concerto, which he perfected and popularized more than any of his contemporaries. Vivaldi's kinetic rhythms, fluid melodies, bright instrumental effects, and extensions of instrumental technique make his some of the most enjoyable of Baroque music. He was highly influential among his contemporaries and successors: even as esteemed a figure as Johann Sebastian Bach adapted some of Vivaldi's music.

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Decca presents a premium collection of the 100 most beautiful Baroque moments with the greatest period performers of the music of the era. 6 CDs presented in a capbox with gold foil. Includes Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Handel's Messiah, Pachelbel's Canon, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Tartini's 'Devil's Trill' Sonata, and much more! Performed by superstars Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood and John Eliot Gardiner, as well as more recent releases by Lucie Horsch & Janine Jansen.