Handel: Concerti grossi Op 6 Vol 2 / Standage, et al

Handel: Concerti grossi Op 6 Vol 2 / Standage, al - Chandos Records - CHA 0616
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Label: Chandos Records
Catalog No: CHA 0616
Format: CD
Release Date: 1998-06-16
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 58 min.
UPC Code: 095115061626

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> Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, HWV 324 - I. Largo affettuoso
> Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, HWV 324 - II. A tempo giusto
> Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, HWV 324 - III. Musette: Larghetto
> Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, HWV 324 - IV. Allegro
> Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, HWV 324 - V. Allegro
> Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325 - I. Largo
> Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325 - II. Allegro
> Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325 - III. Largo e piano
> Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325 - IV. Andante
> Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325 - V. Hornpipe
> Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 6, No. 8, HWV 326 - I. Allemande
> Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 6, No. 8, HWV 326 - II. Grave
> Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 6, No. 8, HWV 326 - III. Andante allegro
> Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 6, No. 8, HWV 326 - IV. Adagio
> Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 6, No. 8, HWV 326 - V. Siciliana: Andante
> Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 6, No. 8, HWV 326 - VI. Allegro
> Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327 - I. Largo
> Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327 - II. Allegro
> Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327 - III. Larghetto
> Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327 - IV. Allegro
> Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327 - V. Menuet
> Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327 - VI. Gigue

Notes & Reviews:

"The playing of Collegium Musicum 90 under Simon Standage's leadership is as crisp and musical as ever...Standage uses Handel's optional added wind parts, [enjoying] a particularly delicious coloring. Indeed, these performances are beginning to convince me that the version with winds may even be preferable to the purely string scoring chosen by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for its three-disc DG set of the opus..." -Jacobson, Fanfare

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The first disc of the ever-fresh Op 6 Concertigrossi includes the oboe parts that Handel later added to Nos 1, 2, 5 and 6. The performances are brimful of vitality, and the clean articulation and light, predominantly detached style give the music buoyancy and help to bring out Handel's often mischievous twinkle in the eye. Speeds are generally brisk, with boldly vigorous playing, but Standage's team can also spin a tranquil broad line. Dynamics throughout are subtly graded, and except in one final cadence ornamentation is confined to small cadential trills.

On the second disc, except, in the sombre colours in the splendid G minor Concerto (No 6) - here with oboe and the agreeable addition of a theorbo to the continuo - there's a general air of cheerfulness that's most engaging. The fugue in No 7 is wittily buoyant, the Allegro in No 9, borrowed from the Cuckoo and the nightingale Organ Concerto, could scarcely be more high-spirited, the final Passepied of No 6 and the Hornpipe of No 7 are spring-toed; and Standage's feeling for convincing tempos is nowhere better shown than in the long Musette of No 6, which in other hands can drag. Phrasing everywhere is shapely, and the surprise chords that interrupt the flow of No 8's Allemande are admirably 'placed'.

On the final disc the playing is always on its toes - positively twinkling in dance movements such as the concluding fugal gigue of No 12.

The last two concertos, No 11 in particular, give Simon Standage an opportunity to shine as a soloist; his ad lib sections are tastefully done, without excesses; his semiquavers in the variants of the A major Andante are feather-light. All dynamics are well contrasted in a natural way, and the tempos nicely judged; a slightly faster repeat of the first half of No 10's fifth movement suggests the splicing of a different take. As a fillup, we're presented with the Alexander's Feast concerto grosso, for which the string group is joined by oboes and bassoon. The excellent concertino of two violins and cello is thrown into high relief and the Allegro movements are performed with a delightful spring.



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>Handel, George Frideric : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6
  • Conductor: Simon Standage
  • Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
  • Notes: All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, England (05/21/1997-05/23/1997)
  • Running Time: 15 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1739

>Handel, George Frideric : Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.6/7, HWV 325
  • Conductor: Simon Standage
  • Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
  • Notes: All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, England (05/21/1997-05/23/1997)
  • Running Time: 13 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1739

>Handel, George Frideric : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6
  • Conductor: Simon Standage
  • Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
  • Notes: All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, England (05/21/1997-05/23/1997)
  • Running Time: 14 min. 19 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1739

>Handel, George Frideric : Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6/9, HWV 327
  • Conductor: Simon Standage
  • Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
  • Notes: All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, England (05/21/1997-05/23/1997)
  • Running Time: 12 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1739