Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12 / Forck, Ancient Music Academy Berlin

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
January 17, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Forck
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 17, 2020
    • UPC
      827949073861
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186738
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    3. III. Largo e piano

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    4. IV. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    5. V. Hornpipe

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    6. I. Allemande

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    7. II. Grave

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    8. III. Andante allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    9. IV. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    10. V. Siciliana: Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    11. VI. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    12. I. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    13. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    14. III. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    15. IV. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    16. V. Minuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    17. VI. Gigue

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    18. I. Overture - II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    19. III. Air: Lento

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    20. IV. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    21. V. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    22. VI. Allegro moderato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    23. I. Andante larghetto, e staccato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    24. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    25. III. Largo, e staccato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    26. IV. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    27. V. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    28. I. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    29. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    30. III. Aria: Larghetto e piano

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    31. IV. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck

    32. V. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Forck


The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin continue their Handel trilogy with this recording of the last six concerti grossi of the composer’s Op. 6. Originally designed as attractive interludes to English oratorio performances, Handel’s concerti grossi soon gained fame as some of the most appealing orchestral music of the baroque era. With these pieces, written in London towards the end of his career, Handel paid tribute to the immensely popular concerti grossi of Corelli while simultaneously proving his mastery, incorporating all musical styles of his times into his work. The players of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, led by their concertmaster Bernhard Forck, demonstrate why many consider them the best baroque ensemble of today. The concerti grossi Op. 6 are concluded with this second instalment, and a recording of the concerti grossi Op. 3 will complete the trilogy. 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”.

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REVIEW:

The group, by the standards of 2020, is large, but the ensemble is precise and quite impressive in the fugues and the other contrapuntal movements in which Handel attempted to outdo Corelli, his model in these works. These pieces are to Corelli what Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are to Vivaldi: dense yet brilliant takes of the form. These performances succeed on their own terms, and there is still plenty of life in this approach.

– AllMusicGuide.com (James Manheim)