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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
(1685-1759)
Concerto NO. 4 in F major, HWV 292
14:24
1.
Allegro
3:59
2.
Andante
5:28
3.
Adagio
1:20
4.
Allegro
3:37
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, HWB 290
10:04
5.
Sinfonia (AA tempo ordinario e staccato - Adagio)
0:55
6.
Allegro
4:31
7.
Adagio e staccato
0:44
8.
Allegro ma non presto
3:54
Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 291
10:34
9.
Adagio
3:23
10.
Allegro
4:06
11.
Adagio
0:47
12.
Gavotte (Allegro)
2:18
Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, HWV 294
12:19
13.
Andante allegro
5:59
14.
Larghetto - Adagio
3:47
15.
Allegro moderato
2:33
Concerto No. 5 in F major, HWV 293
8:10
16.
Larghetto
2:01
17.
Allegro
2:19
18.
Alla Siciliana
1:39
19.
Presto
2:11
Concerto No. 1 in G minor, HWV 289
16:22
20.
Larghetto e staccato - Adagio
5:50
21.
Allegro
5:30
22.
Adagio
1:24
23.
Andante
3:38
72:25
Chamber: Sonnerie
Solo:Matthew Halls solo organ
Solo: Monica Huggett director and violin 1
Solo: Emilia Benjamin violin 2
Solo: Katherine McGillivray viola
Solo: Joseph Crouch cello
Solo: Peter McCarthy 3 string contrabasso
Solo: Matthew Wadsworth arch lute
Solo: Molly Marsh oboe 1
Solo: Hannah McLaughlin oboe 2
Solo: Sarah Moffat violin
Solo: Claire Duff violin
16-18 July 2003
Notes
Monica Huggett and her ensemble Sonnerie scored a hit on Avie with their recording of Handel’s Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 (AV 0033). They continue their traversal of Handel’s chamber works with the Organ Concertos, Op. 4. Matthew Halls is the brilliant soloist who spins out Handel’s endlessly tuneful works with an improvisatory flair that the composer – himself a virtuoso organist – would surely have approved of. Halls was Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford and Director of Music at the University Church before playing harpsichord with the European Union Baroque Orchestra in 1998. Since then he has played with many of Europe’s leading period instrument ensembles, including Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra with Tom Koopman, English Baroque Soloists with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and the King’s Consort. As a member of Sonnerie, he has appeared at the Wigmore Hall and at Festivals throughout Europe. Matthew is also active as a conductor and is currently assistant musical director of New Chamber Opera. On this CD, he plays a replica of a Baroque style chamber organ, built by Jaap Fama and Henk Klop, and owned by the Dutch Bach Society.
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"To sum up: this is an enthralling and wholly convincing recording of Handel’s organ concertos opus 4, and gives more than just a hint of the genius Handel was."
Johan van Veen
MusicWeb International
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