Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr director & organ
2 CD set (Playing time 2'07'')
Super Audio CD (SACD) | DSD | Multi-channel & stereo | Compatible with all CD players
Released 24 August 2009
Original price was: £20.00.£9.99Current price is: £9.99.
Handel's last great published set of instrumental concertos arrived posthumously in 1761. Played here on a chamber organ with real-time improvisations and enlarged continuo support, these magnificent concertos (including the beloved The Cuckoo and the Nightingale) show Handel at his glorious and compositional best, and allow a concentrated view of his style from the last 20 years of his life.
The rich-sounding AAM forces comprise 18 players, including oboes and bassoons; both their playing and Egarr's solo contributions are of an impeccably high order. …Egarr takes a bold, improvisatory approach to the concertos. The allegro movements are enlivened by rapid keyboard flourishes, liberal ornamentation...and delightful variants to the basic printed rhythms in the manner of French Baroque composers. Gramophone (Editor’s Choice)
Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 7 Nos. 1-6, HWV306-311
Included on this set:
Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat major HWV306, Op. 7 No. 1
Organ Concerto No. 8 in A major HWV307, Op. 7 No. 2
Organ Concerto No. 9 in B flat major HWV308, Op. 7 No. 3
Organ Concerto No. 10 in D minor HWV309, Op. 7 No. 4
Organ Concerto No. 11 in G minor HWV310, Op. 7 No. 5
Organ Concerto No. 12 in B flat major HWV311, Op. 7 No. 6
Chaconne in F major, HWV 485
Fugue in G minor HWV264
Chaconne in G major HWV442
Concerto in F Major ‘The Cuckoo and the Nightingale’ HWV 295