Presto Recording of the Week
15th June 2018

Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2018

Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini

Haydn: Symphony No. 26 in D minor 'Lamentatione'
Haydn: Symphony No. 30 in C major 'Alleluia'
Haydn: Symphony No. 3 in G major
Haydn: Symphony No. 79 in F major

"What makes these performances special is Antonini’s knack for subtly drawing attention to Haydn’s powers of harmonic and rhythmic invention: the development sections of the sonata-form movements truly feel as if the musicians are jointly navigating a scenic route back to the recapitulation and thoroughly appreciating the views along the way...We may have to wait years before Antonini records No. 94, but in his hands every single work is a ‘Surprise Symphony’, and a delicious one at that." - Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical, 15th June 2018