GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Organ Concertos op.7
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
2h07
Digital
HMU807447.48
Apple Music
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.
Richard Egarr plays an organ by Goetze & Gwynn, 1998, after Richard Bridge and Thomas Parker, and an organ by Robin Jennings, 2005.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] Concerto in B flat major, op.7 no.1 · Andante (5'30) · Andante (4'00) · Largo, e piano (3'32) · Bourrée: Allegro (2'30) Concerto in A major, op.7 no.2 · Improvised Voluntary (1'07) · Ouverture - A tempo ordinario (6'35) · Organo ad libitum (2'23) · Allegro (6'30) Concerto in B flat major, op.7 no.3 · Andante (5'32) · Organo (Adagio e Fuga) ad libitum (2'31) · Spiritoso (4'19) · Menuet (A) (2'02) · Menuet (B) (1'24) Concerto in D minor, op.7 no.4 · Adagio (4'46) · Allegro (4'19) · Organo ad libitum (1'52) · Allegro (3'59)
Concerto in G minor, op.7 no.5 · Allegro ma non troppo, e staccato (3'12) · Andante larghetto, e staccato (5'19) · Menuet (1'59) · Gavotte (1'50) Concerto in B flat major, op.7 no.6 · Pomposo (3'29) · Air Lentement (3'28) · Air, a tempo ordinario (1'34) · Chaconne in F major (5'37) · Fugue in G minor (4'08) · Chaconne in G major (17'19) Concerto in F major, HWV 295, 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale' · Larghetto (2'35) · Allegro (3'49) · Organo ad libitum (3'13) · Larghetto (3'06) · Allegro (3'25)
