Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; Sonata a 5

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; Sonata a 5

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; Sonata a 5
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Composer: George Frederick Handel
Conductor: Richard Egarr
Performer: Academy of Ancient Music
Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
  1. I (No. 1 in B-flat Major/G minor)
  2. II
  3. III
  4. I Vivace (No. 2 in B-flat Major)
  5. II Largo
  6. III Allegro
  7. IV
  8. V
  9. I Largo e staccato- Allegro (No. 3 in G major)
  10. II Adagio
  11. III Allegro
  12. I (No. 4 in F major)
  13. II Andante
  14. III Allegro
  15. IV Allegro
  16. I (No. 5 in D minor)
  17. II Fuga, Allegro
  18. III Adagio
  19. IV Allegro, ma non troppo
  20. V Allegro
  21. I No. 6 in D major/D minor)
  22. II Improvisation (solo organ, Richard Egarr)
  23. III Allegro
  24. I Andante (Sonata a 5 (HWV 288)
  25. II Adagio
  26. III Allegro

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Richard Egarr's first recording with AAM, this first volume of an anticipated Handel cycle is swiftly -- and justifiably -- gathering accolades. Classics Today rated it 10/10, calling the disc a "terrific release," "superbly engineered and presented [...]. It doesn't get any better." This month, Gramophone magazine announced it as the 2007 Gramophone Award Winner in the Baroque Instrumental category, proclaiming "Egarr could not have hoped for a better way to begin his tenure." I agree. The playing is wonderful, Harmonia Mundi's recording is warm and vibrant, and Egarr's notes for the recording are a interesting and informative. For Handel fans like me, or lovers of Baroque music in general, this disc is a definite "buy."
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This new set of Handel's Op. 3 makes a superb case for these works (somewhat smaller than the more-familiar ones from Op. 6). Opus 3 is made up of assorted versions of concerti. Handel arranged and re-arranged many of these works often and so a definitive edition is probably impossible to assemble. Rather than being alarmed by the lack of similarities, we are treated to different combinations of instruments and different textures from movement to movement. Musicologists are bothered by who it was, precisely, that turned these concerti into a whole opus number. His publisher, John Walsh, claims responsibility, but did he do it with Handel's approval? We don't care. It's a delicious selection. Oboes, bassoons, and recorders are featured in the first, a solo flute brightens the third, while an organ improvisation shows up in the sixth to separate the first and last movements. Higher strings give energy to the opening of the second along with a pair of oboes, and the same combination darkens the second movement. The fourth has a prominent, propulsive harpsichord. A bonus is the composer's Sonata a 5, which is a sort of mini violin concerto. Richard Egarr is now in charge of the Academy of Ancient Music, and this, their first CD together, is remarkable on every level. The playing is terrific - energized, elegant, full of splendid details and tasteful embellishments - and the sonics are superb. The 11 string players, 7 woodwind players, and Egarr himself on organ and harpsichord, along with an archutenist and baroque guitarist, are spotlessly recorded, but with depth and warmth. This is irresistible. --Robert Levine
Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music start a new Handel recording project. Their first release is Handel's Concerti grossi, Op. 3 and the Sonata a 5. Richard Egarr is the new Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music.

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