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Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit

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The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin completes their Handel trilogy with this recording of the Op. 3 concerti grossi. 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 today.

Even if this selection of concertos was most likely compiled by Handel’s publisher rather than by the composer himself, the overall quality and colorful 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 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 Music Web International for its unprecedented “lightness” and “brightness”.

All three recordings of the Handel trilogy performed by The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin are available from NativeDSD Music in Stereo and Multichannel DSD.  Links to the two earlier albums are shown below.

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Georg Kallweit, Concertmaster

Tracklist

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1.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312 - I. Allegro
02:25
2.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312 - II. Largo
03:53
3.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312 - III. Allegro
01:21
4.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313 - I. Vivace
01:37
5.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313 - II. Largo
02:34
6.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313 - III. Allegro
01:47
7.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313 - IV. Menuet
01:18
8.
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313 - V. Gavotte
02:46
9.
Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314 - Ia. Largo e staccato
00:36
10.
Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314 - Ib. Allegro
02:30
11.
Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314 - II. Adagio
01:04
12.
Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314 - III. Allegro
03:48
13.
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b, HWV 315 'Orchestra' - I. Andante - Allegro - Lentement
05:57
14.
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b, HWV 315 'Orchestra' - II. Andante
02:08
15.
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b, HWV 315 'Orchestra' - III. Allegro
01:26
16.
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b, HWV 315 'Orchestra' - IV. Minuetto alternativo
02:29
17.
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316 - I. Grave
01:27
18.
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316 - II. Allegro
02:19
19.
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316 - III. Adagio
01:40
20.
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316 - IV. Allegro ma non troppo
01:30
21.
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316 - V. Allegro
02:33
22.
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317 - I. Vivace
03:14
23.
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317 - II. Allegro
03:16

Total time: 00:53:38

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PTC5186776

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Producer

Karel Bruggeman

Recording Engineer

Jean-Marie Geijsen

Recording Location

Nikodemuskirche, Berlin, in May 2019

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DXD

Release DateAugust 10, 2020

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