Handel Concerti grossi, Op. 6, nos. 5-8
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Composer or Director: George Frideric Handel
Label: Archiv
Magazine Review Date: 6/1985
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 410 898-2AH
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Concerti grossi, Movement: No. 7 in B flat, HWV325 |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
(The) English Concert George Frideric Handel, Composer Trevor Pinnock, Conductor |
(12) Concerti grossi, Movement: No. 8 in C minor, HWV326 |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
(The) English Concert George Frideric Handel, Composer Trevor Pinnock, Conductor |
(12) Concerti grossi, Movement: No. 5 in D, HWV323 |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
(The) English Concert George Frideric Handel, Composer Trevor Pinnock, Conductor |
(12) Concerti grossi, Movement: No. 6 in G minor, HWV324 |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
(The) English Concert George Frideric Handel, Composer Trevor Pinnock, Conductor |
Author: Nicholas Anderson
The first four concertos of Handel's Op. 6 in The English Concert's performances have already been released on CD (410 897-2AH, 5/84). Here now are Concertos Nos. 5-8 which have been transferred from the original LPs equally satisfactorily. When I first reviewed the set I found the playing and the approach invigorating and, by and large, satisfying. I have not changed my mind since and still find it far and away the most stylish of those currently in the catalogue. Of course, there are small things that one can take issue over, but they are few and far between and I doubt if many listeners will be disappointed by the high technical standards and the musicianly performances on display here. The Andante of the seventh concerto in the set is too slow for me but the Hornpipe which concludes it is bubbling over with vitality and good humour. I am a great admirer of Trevor Pinnock's Handel performances with The English Concert and these can be very warmly recommended. The recorded sound is excellent.'
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