Handel - Concerti grossi, op.3 | Pentatone PTC5186776

Handel - Concerti grossi, op.3

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Label: Pentatone

Cat No: PTC5186776

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 14th August 2020

Contents

Artists

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

Conductor

Georg Kallweit

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Concerti grossi (6), op.3

Artists

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

Conductor

Georg Kallweit

About

The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin complete their Handel trilogy with this recording of the Op.3 Concerti grossi. Even if this selection of concertos was most likely compiled by Handel’s publisher rather than by the composer himself, the overall quality and colourful nature of the music contained do make it a powerful “opus”. With their historically-informed and lively playing, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and concertmaster Georg Kallweit demonstrate why many consider them the best baroque ensemble of today.

The ensemble’s first PENTATONE album, Cantata (2018) with countertenor Bejun Mehta, won a Diapason d’or. Their 2019 recording of the first six Op.6 Concerti grossi was hailed as “immaculately played ... free of fashionable eccentricities” by The Sunday Times, while Klassik praised the ensemble’s playing as “eloquent”. Their following release with the remainder of the Op.6 concertos (2020) was singled out by MusicWeb International for its unprecedented “lightness” and “brightness”.

Reviews

... pleasing rhythmic elasticity where appropriate, and maintains a crisp and airy articulation, which serves the many dance movements especially well. Ornaments are commendably stylish, and there is a wealth of sensitive playing from the soloists, outstanding among whom are Christoph Huntgeburth (flute), Xenia Löffler (oboe) and Clemens Flick (organ). Such playing deserves a place in a hall of fame.
BBC Music Magazine

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