Special offer. Handel - Twelve Grand Concertos
Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester
This Polish ensemble, little recorded so far, plays them splendidly - 16 technically assured period strings, coloured by harpsichord or organ continuo and a pretty active archlute. The ensemble...
Special offer. Handel - Twelve Grand Concertos
Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester
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This Polish ensemble, little recorded so far, plays them splendidly - 16 technically assured period strings, coloured by harpsichord or organ continuo and a pretty active archlute. The ensemble...
About
Composed during a few hectic weeks in the autumn of 1739, the set was partly intended by Handel – renowned mainly as a writer for singers and as an organist – to reinforce his stature as an instrumental composer.
The result is music that exhibits a great variety of musical thought and invention, here interpreted by the highly acclaimed Polish ensemble Arte dei Suonatori making their third recording for BIS. The recordings are the fruit of a regular collaboration between the ensemble and French conductor Martin Gester, focusing on the baroque concerto.
Contents and tracklist
Handel:
12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
Work length1:57:43
- Arte dei Suonatori
- Martin Gester
- Recorded: November 2007
- Recording Venue: Radio Hall, Wroclaw, Poland
No. 1 in G Major, HWV 319: I. A tempo giusto
Track length1:36
No. 1 in G Major, HWV 319: II. Allegro
Track length1:45
No. 1 in G Major, HWV 319: III. Adagio
Track length2:28
No. 1 in G Major, HWV 319: IV. Allegro
Track length2:29
No. 1 in G Major, HWV 319: V. Allegro
Track length3:11
No. 2 in F Major, HWV 320: I. Andante larghetto
Track length4:19
No. 2 in F Major, HWV 320: II. Allegro
Track length2:21
No. 2 in F Major, HWV 320: III. Largo
Track length2:45
No. 2 in F Major, HWV 320: IV. Allegro, ma non troppo
Track length2:38
No. 3 in E Minor, HWV 321: I. Larghetto
Track length1:16
No. 3 in E Minor, HWV 321: II. Andante
Track length1:58
No. 3 in E Minor, HWV 321: III. Allegro
Track length2:27
No. 3 in E Minor, HWV 321: IV. Polonaise. Andante
Track length4:31
No. 3 in E Minor, HWV 321: V. Allegro, ma non troppo
Track length1:36
No. 4 in A Minor, HWV 322: I. Larghetto affettuoso
Track length2:59
No. 4 in A Minor, HWV 322: II. Allegro
Track length3:15
No. 4 in A Minor, HWV 322: III. Largo e piano
Track length2:27
No. 4 in A Minor, HWV 322: IV. Allegro
Track length2:59
No. 5 in D Major, HWV 323: I. Larghetto e staccato
Track length1:36
No. 5 in D Major, HWV 323: II. Allegro
Track length2:09
No. 5 in D Major, HWV 323: III. Presto
Track length3:24
No. 5 in D Major, HWV 323: IV. Largo
Track length2:18
No. 5 in D Major, HWV 323: V. Allegro
Track length2:30
No. 6 in D Major, HWV 323: VI. Menuet. Un poco larghetto
Track length3:23
No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 324: I. Largo e affettuoso
Track length3:20
No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 324: II. Allegro, ma non troppo
Track length1:42
No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 324: III. Musette: Larghetto
Track length5:07
No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 324: IV. Allegro
Track length3:03
No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 324: V. Allegro
Track length2:17
No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 325: I. Largo
Track length1:05
No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 325: II. Allegro
Track length2:50
No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 325: III. Largo, e piano
Track length2:56
No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 325: IV. Andante
Track length3:41
No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 325: V. Hornpipe
Track length3:16
No. 8 in C Minor, HWV 326: I. Allemande. Andante
Track length6:27
No. 8 in C Minor, HWV 326: II. Grave
Track length1:46
No. 8 in C Minor, HWV 326: III. Andante allegro
Track length1:46
No. 8 in C Minor, HWV 326: IV. Adagio
Track length1:09
No. 8 in C Minor, HWV 326: V. Siciliana: Andante
Track length2:53
No. 8 in C Minor, HWV 326: VI. Allegro
Track length1:16
No. 9 in F Major, HWV 327: I. Largo
Track length1:33
No. 9 in F Major, HWV 327: II. Allegro
Track length3:39
No. 9 in F Major, HWV 327: III. Larghetto
Track length2:25
No. 9 in F Major, HWV 327: IV. Allegro
Track length1:56
No. 9 in F Major, HWV 327: V. Menuet
Track length1:16
Handel:
12 Concerti Grossi in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327: VI. Gigue. Allegro
Work length1:59
Handel:
12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
Work length43:24
No. 10 in D Minor, HWV 328: I. Overture - Allegro
Track length3:48
No. 10 in D Minor, HWV 328: II. Air. Lento
Track length3:27
No. 10 in D Minor, HWV 328: III. Allegro
Track length2:13
No. 10 in D Minor, HWV 328: IV. Allegro
Track length2:44
No. 10 in D Minor, HWV 328: V. Allegro moderato
Track length2:12
No. 11 in A Major, HWV 329: I. Andante larghetto, e staccato
Track length4:00
No. 11 in A Major, HWV 329: II. Allegro - Largo e staccato
Track length2:24
No. 11 in A Major, HWV 329: III. Andante
Track length4:16
No. 11 in A Major, HWV 329: IV. Allegro
Track length6:02
No. 12 in B Minor, HWV 330: I. Largo
Track length1:52
No. 12 in B Minor, HWV 330: II. Allegro
Track length3:12
No. 12 in B Minor, HWV 330: III. Larghetto, e piano - Variatio
Track length3:53
No. 12 in B Minor, HWV 330: IV. Largo
Track length0:46
No. 12 in B Minor, HWV 330: V. Allegro
Track length2:35
Awards and reviews
January 2009
This Polish ensemble, little recorded so far, plays them splendidly - 16 technically assured period strings, coloured by harpsichord or organ continuo and a pretty active archlute. The ensemble is intensely expressive, from the stark open-string ending of the No. 6 Largo, through a wall of sound in the Polonaise of No. 3, to the witty fugue in the opening movement of No. 7.
