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Handel - Violin Sonata in E major, Op. 1, No. 15, HWV 373
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Uncertainty over the authenticity of the violin sonatas, coupled with the fact that Handel and his publisher were notoriously imprecise about which instruments his various solo sonatas were... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2001, Editor's Choice
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what remains constant is his warmly unfussy delivery – clean tone, phrasing gently and elegantly shaped, drawing out beautiful long lines via flowing articulation which injects just the tiniest... —
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The Brook Street Band play all the works indisputably by Handel as well as those generally accepted as part of the canon…The music, dare I say it, is on occasion uneven in quality, but the finest... —
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Handel - 12 Solo Sonatas, Op. 1
Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Rachel Brown (flute & recorder), Frank de Brione (oboe) & Richard Egarr (harpsichord & direction)
The Academy of Ancient Music
The soloists here are stylish and imaginative. Decorations are a delight in slow movements; the Adagio from No. 8 (oboe) is positively dripping with them. The playing is highly expressive…... —
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Handel: Water Music, Sonatas & Concerti Grossi
Yehudi Menuhin/Bath Festival Orchestra/George Malcolm/Ambrose Gauntlett, George Malcolm (harpsichord), Bath Festival Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin/George Malcolm/Ambrose Gauntlett, Ambrose Gauntlett (percussion), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ambrose Gauntlett (viol), Yehudi Menuhin/Ambrose...
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Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas Op. 1
Mario Hossen (violin), Piero Barbareschi (harpsichord), Liliana Kehayova (cello)
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Se in fiorito ameno prato. Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo
Luigi Accardo, Mauro Pinciaroli, Quartetto Vanvitelli
Violinist Gian Andrea Guerra fires the group’s esprit du corps. The brilliance with which he spins an idea, the intensity he brings to an affect and the glorious ways he exploits his period... —
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Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas
Ensemble Vintage Koln: Ariadne Daskalakis (baroque violin), Rainer Zipperling (viola de gamba/baroque cello) & Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord)
Despite being played on period instruments, these are old-fashioned performances in their phrasing, use of vibrato, and muscular string sound. —
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