Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 & Op. 7
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 & Op. 7
Martin Haselböck; Orchester Wiener Akademie; Jeremy Joseph
[ Alpha Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 9 July 2021
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Handel is best known to the wider public for his large-scale choral and orchestral works, but his organ music is equally precious. It was the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels who, diverting him from a career in the law, spotted his exceptional abilities on the instrument. By the age of seventeen, Handel was already the resident organist at the Domkirche in Halle, and he was later to defeat Domenico Scarlatti in a contest of virtuosity during his time in Rome. Martin Haselböck and the Orchester Wiener Akademie have recorded the Organ Concertos opp.4 and 7 in the prestigious Vienna Musikverein, world-famous for its acoustics. Haselböck plays on the hall's imposing Rieger organ in what is one of its very first recordings. Inaugurated in 2011, it is the fourth organ in the Musikverein since the hall opened in 1870. With its considerable dimensions - much larger than the organs Handel used to play on - the instrument offers a tonal palette rich in contrasts.
Tracks:
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/1, HWV 289: I. Larghetto
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/1, HWV 289: II. Allegro
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/1, HWV 289: III. Adagio
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/1, HWV 289: IV. Andante
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.4/2, HWV 290: I. A tempo ordinario
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.4/2, HWV 290: II. Allegro
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.4/2, HWV 290: III. Adagio
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.4/2, HWV 290: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/3, HWV 291: I. Adagio
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/3, HWV 291: II. Allegro
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/3, HWV 291: III. Allegro
Concerto in G Minor Op.4/3, HWV 291: IV. Gavotte:Allegro
Concerto in F Major Op.4/4, HWV 292: I. Allegro
Concerto in F Major Op.4/4, HWV 292: II. Andante
Concerto in F Major Op.4/4, HWV 292: III. Adagio
Concerto in F Major Op.4/4, HWV 292: IV. Allegro
Concerto in F Major Op.4/5, HWV 293: I. Larghetto
Concerto in F Major Op.4/5, HWV 293: II. Allegro
Concerto in F Major Op.4/5, HWV 293: III. Alla siciliana
Concerto in F Major Op.4/5, HWV 293: IV. Presto
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.4/6, HWV 294: I. Andante - Allegro
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.4/6, HWV 294: II. Larghetto
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.4/6, HWV 294: III. Allegro moderato
Concerto No.13 in F Major, HWV 295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale': I. Larghetto
Concerto No.13 in F Major, HWV 295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale': II. Allegro
Concerto No.13 in F Major, HWV 295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale': III. Larghetto
Concerto No.13 in F Major, HWV 295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale': IV. Allegro
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/1, HWV 306: I. Andante
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/1, HWV 306: II. Andante
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/1, HWV 306: III. Largo e piano
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/1, HWV 306: V. Bourrée (Allegro)
Concerto in A Major Op.7/2, HWV 307: I. Ouverture
Concerto in A Major Op.7/2, HWV 307: II. A tempo ordinario
Concerto in A Major Op.7/2, HWV 307: III Organo ad libitum (Largo)
Concerto in A Major Op.7/2, HWV 307: IV Allegro
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/3, HWV 308: I. Andante
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/3, HWV 308: II. Adagio e Fuga ad libitum
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/3, HWV 308: III. Spiritoso
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/3, HWV 308: IV. Menuet
Concerto in D Minor Op.7/4, HWV 309: I. Adagio
Concerto in D Minor Op.7/4, HWV 309: II. Allegro così così
Concerto in D Minor Op.7/4, HWV 309: III. Organo ad libitum (Chaconne)
Concerto in D Minor Op.7/4, HWV 309: IV. Allegro
Concerto in G Minor Op.7/5, HWV 310: I. Staccato ma non troppo allegro
Concerto in G Minor Op.7/5, HWV 310: II. Organo ad libitum (Adagio)
Concerto in G Minor Op.7/5, HWV 310: III. Andante larghetto e staccato
Concerto in G Minor Op.7/5, HWV 310: IV. Menuet
Concerto in G Minor Op.7/5, HWV 310: V. Gavotte
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/6, HWV 311: I. Pomposo
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/6, HWV 311: II. Organo ad libitum (Adagio e Fuga)
Concerto in B-Flat Major Op.7/6, HWV 311: III. Air (A tempo ordinario)
