Will the match of the century be played in the bins?
While the health crisis has not spared the record market, now closely linked - both for production and distribution - to concerts, two French labels are proudly taking the limelight.
And without hesitation display their ambition to go to the end of their projects of complete discography.
They are to this first quarter of the 21st century what the complete Bach cantatas by Harnoncourt and Leonhardt were to the second half of the previous one: sweet madness.
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Haydn in madness at the Arsenal of Metz
On the one hand, Haydn 2032, at Alpha.
A composer (Joseph Haydn).
A chef (Giovanni Antonini).
Two orchestras (the Giardino Armonico and the Basel Chamber Orchestra).
No world premieres, but one hundred and seven symphonies, grouped by theme.
Thirty-four discs planned.
And recordings spanning eighteen years, between 2014 and 2032 - when the world will celebrate the composer's 300 years!
On the other, the Vivaldi edition, at Naïve.
Or 450 partitions
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