Händel: Concerti

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Release Date: 22nd Jan 2016
Catalogue No: VKJK1522
Label: Querstand
Length: 64 minutes

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Excerpt, Handel: Deborah

Work length5:49

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Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

No. 1, Overture. Allegro

Track length1:37

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No. 2, Overture. Grave

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No. 3, Overture. Poco Allegro

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No. 4, Overture. Allegro

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Handel: Organ Concerto in F Major, Op. 4 No. 5, HWV 293

Work length11:22

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Holger Gehring (soloist)
Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

I. Voluntary. Adagio

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II. Larghetto

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III. Allegro

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IV. Alla Siciliana

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V. Presto

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Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 No. 2, HWV 290: I. Voluntary. Andante - Adagio

Work length2:00

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Holger Gehring (soloist)
Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 No. 5, HWV 290: II. A tempo ordinario, e staccato - Adagio, e piano

Work length0:45

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Holger Gehring (soloist)
Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 No. 2, HWV 290

Work length8:26

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Holger Gehring (soloist)
Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

III. Allegro

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IV. Adagio

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V. Minuet in Esther. Allegro, ma non presto

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Handel: Organ Concerto in G Minor, Op. 7 No. 5, HWV 310: I. Voluntary. Slow

Work length1:28

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Holger Gehring (soloist)
Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

Handel: Organ Concerto in C Minor, Op. 7 No. 5, HWV 310

Work length13:42

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Holger Gehring (soloist)
Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

II. Allegro, ma non troppo, e staccato - Adagio

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III. Largo

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IV. Andante larghetto, e staccato - Adagio

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V. Sarabande

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VI. Menuet

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VI. Gavotte

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Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 3, HWV 308

Work length20:37

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Holger Gehring (soloist)
Barockorchester der Kreuzkirche Dresden
Holger Gehring

I. Voluntary

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II. Andante Allegro

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III. Adagio

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IV. Fuga

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V. Spiritoso - Adagio

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VI. Menuet A - Menuet B - Menuet A

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This recording is predominantly shaped by four organ concertos from Handel’s London years and is complemented by an overture from an oratorio which relates directly to the development of the organ concertos. The overture appears in the original orchestral scoring. A movement of another oratorio’s overture is included in one of the organ concertos in the demonstrably extraordinarily popular, contemporary arrangement for a keyboard instrument.

Conducted by Dresden’s Kreuzorganist (Organist at the Church of the Holy Cross) Holger Gehring, experienced musicians have united for playing these works in a way similar to the original. This recording is based on extensive investigation which reconstructs both the original ornamentation used and choice of tempo and the original mood.

It is demonstrably not enough to just play the notated sheet music, rather it needs embellishment with abundant ornamentations. For some works or individual movements, there are contemporary ornamentations, others have been similarly supplemented. Other sources such as the contemporary piano scores by William Babell likewise substantiate this practice. Timing instructions, authentic tempo measurements from dance movements from the 18th century and much more forms the basis for the choice of tempo.

The so-called “Liegende Orgel” [horizontal organ] at the Dresden Kreuzkirche is used in this recording. This also matches the historical performance situation, in which the composer himself likewise conducted the orchestra as the soloist from an organ with horizontal pipes. All that allows us to get a very interesting insight in Handel’s London work.

Händel: Concerti

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