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Handel: 20 Sonatas ‘Opus 1’

Rachel Beckett (recorder), Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Paul Goodwin (oboe), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)

The performances in this attractive set are further distinguished by an interpretive sponaneity that invariably brings the music to life

Handel: 20 Sonatas ‘Opus 1’

Rachel Beckett (recorder), Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Paul Goodwin (oboe), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)

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The performances in this attractive set are further distinguished by an interpretive sponaneity that invariably brings the music to life

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The twenty sonatas on this recording show Handel writing for the professional musicians of his London opera orchestra; they demand considerable skill and stamina both from the soloist and the continuo. Prominent bass parts give the sonatas a contrapuntal strength and vitality, and Handel keeps the elements of display and purely musical argument in admirable balance in these works. For this reason, they are among the most attractive Baroque solo sonatas and deserve their lasting popularity.

Contents and tracklist

I. Affettuoso
Track length2:52
II. Allegro
Track length2:41
III. Larghetto
Track length2:06
IV. Allegro
Track length3:34
I. Adagio
Track length1:56
II. Allegro
Track length1:52
III. Largo
Track length0:52
IV. Allegro
Track length2:02
I. Larghetto
Track length2:05
II. Andante
Track length3:33
III. Adagio
Track length0:47
IV. Presto
Track length1:47
I. Allegro
Track length3:27
II. Grave
Track length1:32
III. Allegro
Track length2:17
I. Grave
Track length1:55
II. Allegro
Track length1:52
III. Alla Siciliana
Track length1:05
IV. Allegro
Track length1:55
I. Adagio
Track length1:53
II. Allegro
Track length1:28
III. Grave
Track length1:25
IV. Minuet
Track length2:22
I. Grave
Track length1:55
II. Allegro
Track length1:39
III. Adagio
Track length0:53
IV. Allegro
Track length2:32
I. Adagio
Track length2:00
II. Allegro
Track length2:09
III. Adagio
Track length5:34
IV. Allegro
Track length2:05
I. Largo
Track length1:58
II. Vivace
Track length2:53
III. Furioso
Track length1:56
IV. Adagio
Track length1:11
V. Alla breve
Track length1:42
VI. [Andante]
Track length2:21
VII. A tempo di menuet
Track length1:45
I. [Allegro]
Track length2:03
II. [Adagio]
Track length0:39
III. [Allegro]
Track length2:20
I. Larghetto
Track length1:46
II. Andante
Track length3:15
III. Largo
Track length2:07
IV. Allegro
Track length2:12
V. Presto
Track length1:48
I. Larghetto
Track length2:20
II. Allegro
Track length2:27
III. Adagio
Track length1:54
IV. Allegro
Track length3:17
I. Largo
Track length1:56
II. Allegro
Track length1:39
III. Adagio
Track length1:37
IV. Bourrée anglaise
Track length0:56
I. [Allegro]
Track length1:48
II. Adagio
Track length1:10
III. Allegro
Track length2:27
I. Adagio
Track length1:37
II. Allegro
Track length1:42
III. [Adagio]
Track length1:50
IV. Bourrée
Track length0:53
V. Menuet
Track length1:13
I. Larghetto
Track length2:11
II. Allegro
Track length1:50
III. Adagio
Track length0:46
IV. Allegro
Track length2:35
I. Grave
Track length2:10
II. Allegro
Track length1:30
III. Adagio
Track length0:45
IV. Allegro
Track length2:24
I. [Larghetto]
Track length2:29
II. Allegro
Track length2:03
III. Larghetto
Track length1:48
IV. A tempo di gavotta
Track length2:08
V. Allegro
Track length2:19
I. Andante larghetto
Track length1:49
II. Allegro
Track length1:36
III. Adagio
Track length0:48
IV. Allegro
Track length2:08
I. Largo
Track length1:51
II. Vivace
Track length2:46
III. Andante
Track length3:26
IV. Presto
Track length1:55
V. Adagio
Track length1:05
VI. Alla breve
Track length1:23
VII. A tempo di minuet
Track length2:00

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The performances in this attractive set are further distinguished by an interpretive sponaneity that invariably brings the music to life

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