Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 & Op. 7 / Ronda

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
February 3, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Georg Frideric Handel
    • PERFORMER
      Ivan Ronda
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 03, 2023
    • UPC
      5028421965475
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96547
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    3. III. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    4. IV. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    5. I. Maestoso

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    6. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    7. III. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    8. IV. Allegro ma non Presto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    9. I. Moderato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    10. II. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    11. III. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    12. IV. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    13. I. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    14. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    15. III. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    16. IV. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    17. I. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    18. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    19. III. Alla Siciliana

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    20. IV. Presto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    21. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    22. II. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    23. III. Allegro moderato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    24. I. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    25. II. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    26. III. Bourree

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    27. I. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    28. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    29. III. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    30. I. Pomposo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    31. II. Moderato tempo ordinario

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    32. I. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    33. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    34. III. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    35. I. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    36. II. Spiritoso

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    37. III. Menuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    38. I. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    39. II. Andante larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    40. III. Menuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda

    41. IV. Gavotte

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Ivan Ronda


The Organ Concertos Op. 4 and Op. 7 by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) were originally composed as musical interludes to be performed during the intervals of the Oratorios. Handel chose to write for the organ, an instrument hitherto relegated to the liturgical service, to emancipate it and have it take on a new character, more brilliant and appealing to the public. From the scores it is clear that these concertos do not have to be played on a large instrument, as they only sporadically require the use of the pedalboard, which therefore made the concertos also performable on the harpsichord.

Transcription, the art of transcribing repertoire for a different instrument or ensemble combination, is absolutely an integral part of the boundless organ and keyboard literature dating from the distant Renaissance to the present day. One great example from the organ repertory is composer and organist Clément Loret’s (1833–1909) transcription of Handel’s Organ Concertos for solo organ. The two composers complement each other – Handel, a great virtuoso and dazzling composer of the Baroque period capable of gripping the most disparate audiences, and Loret, a late Romantic belonging to the great French school of Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, where the organ is placed center stage. Loret intervenes in Handel’s work whilst maintaining its spirit. He preserves the dense contrapuntal writing, merging organ and orchestral parts without reserve, and always retaining the brilliance and vivacity that characterise the original in virtuosic projection towards the modern symphonic organ. This all makes for a large sound and an array of significant technical and stylistic difficulties for the performer.

The set of Op. 4 and Op .7 taken together includes 12 concertos in total, each with its own character, shape, style and atmosphere. The tonalities used are those that were the most frequent and most in vogue during the Baroque period, except perhaps for the concerto in A major Op.7, which stands out not only for its tonality, but also for the particular elegance and fluctuation of its fugue theme.