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Stradivarius

Handel: Flute Sonatas

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Details

Composer
Georg Friederich Handel
Artist
Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
Format
CD
Label
Stradivarius
Released
Jan 09, 2026
Catalog #
STR37274
UPC
8011570372741

About

The reconstruction of the compositional chronology of Georg Friedrich Handel's repertoire for flute is extremely complex. There are various reasons for this, stemming from two essential factors: on the one hand, the typical tendency for much of Handel's music to transmigrate from one instrument to another and the consequent impossibility, at times, of determining precisely which version of a particular piece is the original; on the other hand, the proliferation, at a time when no copyright regulations existed, of diverse printed editions. Many of these, unauthorised, generated different versions, errors or misinterpretations, which were possibly also passed on over time. For this CD recording, which features a substantial part of the complete corpus of the sonatas for recorder and transverse flute, we compared the two earliest printed versions containing sonatas for solo instrument by Handel. Both were published by the London publisher Walsh, although for a long time the first of the two editions was attributed to the Amsterdam publisher Roger, but then, thanks to the studies of Terence Best and David Lasocki, it turned out to be a 'pirate' publication by the same publisher Walsh (who probably had not yet obtained Handel's permission to publish).

Tracklist 46 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Grave 03:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Grave
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  3. 2 II. Allegro 01:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  4. 3 III. Adagio 00:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  5. 4 IV. Allegro 01:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  6. 5 I. Larghetto 02:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Larghetto
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  7. 6 II. Andante 03:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  8. 7 III. Adagio 00:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  9. 8 IV. Presto 02:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  10. 9 I. Larghetto 02:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Larghetto
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  11. 10 II. Allegro 02:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  12. 11 III. Adagio 02:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  13. 12 IV. Allegro 03:24
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  14. 13 I. Adagio 02:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  15. 14 II. Allegro 01:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  16. 15 III. Adagio 03:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  17. 16 IV. Bourree 01:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Bourree
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  18. 17 I. Larghetto 03:20
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  19. 18 II. Allegro 02:16
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  20. 19 III. Larghetto 02:33
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Larghetto
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  21. 20 IV. A tempo di gavotta 02:14
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. A tempo di gavotta
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  22. 21 V. Allegro 02:23
    Track
    21
    Title
    V. Allegro
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  23. 22 I. Largo 02:56
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  24. 23 II. Vivace 03:13
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Vivace
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  25. 24 III. Presto 02:19
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  26. 25 IV. Adagio 01:23
    Track
    25
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  27. 26 V. Alla breve 01:45
    Track
    26
    Title
    V. Alla breve
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  28. 27 Flute Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, No. 9, HWV 367b: VII. A tempo di Minuet - Flute Sonata in G Major, Op. 1, No. 5, HWV 363b: V. Menuetto 03:15
    Track
    27
    Title
    Flute Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, No. 9, HWV 367b: VII. A tempo di Minuet - Flute Sonata in G Major, Op. 1, No. 5, HWV 363b: V. Menuetto
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  29. Disc 2
  30. 1 I. Larghetto 02:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Larghetto
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  31. 2 II. Allegro 02:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  32. 3 III. Siciliana 01:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Siciliana
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  33. 4 IV. Allegro 02:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  34. 5 I. Adagio 02:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  35. 6 II. Allegro 01:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  36. 7 III. Adagio 04:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  37. 8 IV. Allegro 02:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  38. 9 I. Adagio 02:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  39. 10 II. Allegro 01:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  40. 11 III. Grave 01:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Grave
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  41. 12 IV. Minuet 02:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Minuet
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  42. 13 I. Adagio 02:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  43. 14 II. Allegro 02:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  44. 15 III. Largo 01:04
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  45. 16 IV. Allegro 02:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  46. 17 I. (Allegro) 01:56
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. (Allegro)
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  47. 18 II. Adagio 01:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano
  48. 19 III. Allegro 02:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Tommaso Rossi, Enrico Baiano