WELCOME TO THE MESMERISING UNIVERSE OF IL GIARDINO ARMONICO . . .

la casa del diavolo

christoph willibald gluck 1714-1787
1 dance of the furies
(allegro non troppo) from Don Juan
carl philip emanuel bach 1714-1788
2-4 symphony in B minor Wq 182/5
for strings and continuo
pietro antonio locatelli 1695-1764
5-12 concerto grosso il pianto d'arianna opus 7 No.6
for violin, strings and continuo in E flat major
wilhelm friedemann bach 1710-1784
13-15 harpsichord concerto in F minor
luigi boccherini 1743-1805
16-20 symphony in D minor la casa del diavolo
for two oboes, two horns, strings and continuo opus 12 No.4

enrico onofri - Violin
ottavio dantone - Harpsichord
il giardino armonico
giovanni antonini


Everyone remembers the enormous impact, ten years ago, of the recording of The Four Seasons by Il Giardino Armonico which swept away generations of earlier interpretations virtually at a stroke, and sold several hundred thousands copies around the world.
Today, Il Giardino Armonico joins naïve: 2005 marks the return of the enfants terribles of Baroque in a devilishly exciting, long-nurtured programme devoted to the eighteenth century, which - not by chance - is entitled La casa del Diavolo .
And as with every one of their recordings, we are invited to a new riot of colours, a whirlwind of crescendos, a banquet of contrasting rhythms... Here is another of those succulent dishes of which only Il Giardino Armonico knows the recipe. Just listen, for example, to those incisive trumpets that punctuate the Gluck, those swirling strings in the Dance of the Furies. Listen to the violin of Enrico Onofri which suddenly becomes a human voice in Il Pianto d'Arianna to amazingly pathetic effect; or listen to those incomparable rhythmic convulsions in Boccherini's La casa del Diavolo .

CONCERTS

ARGENTINA
11/7 Buenos Aires (CPE Bach, Locatelli...)
BRAZIL
29/6 Sao Paulo (CPE Bach, Locatelli...)
31/7 Rio de Janeiro (CPE Bach, Locatelli...)
CHILE
8/7 Santiago (CPE Bach, Locatelli...)
ESPAÑA
5/5 Salamanca
FRANCE
17/2 Paris (salle Gaveau)
DEUTSCHLAND
19/2 Diez
21/7 Herrenchiemsee
ITALIA
23/3 Torino
MAROC
24/3 Rabat
ÖSTERREICH
17/7 Feldkirch (CPE Bach, Locatelli...)
18/7 Graz
22/2 Hall
27/3 Salzburg
8/6 Sank Veit
SVERIGE
4/6 Stockholm (Italian composers of 17th c.)
UNITED STATES
10/4 Daytona Beach (Our Lady of Lourdes Church)
12/4 Palm