Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend – Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 (2005) [nativeDSDmusic DSF DSD64/2.82MHz]

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend – Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 (2005)
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In the first decades of the eighteenth century, London was one of the most important European music centres.
There was a rich courtly life as well as a great deal of music-making among the bourgeoisie. Just like Amsterdam, London was a hub of music pub- lishers and instrument builders. London’s musical life had a strong Italian orientation. It was mainly the Italian composers who were suc- cessful there, especially Arcangelo Corelli. Although his oeuvre is lim- ited to instrumental music and only has six opus numbers, his influence was considerable. For example, the London-based Italian Francesco Geminiani made orchestral arrange- ments of Corelli’s violin sonatas opus 5. Geminiani’s Concerti grossi opus
1 and Corelli’s own Concerti grossi opus 6 were published in many differ- ent arrangements.
Born in Halle, Germany, composer George Frideric Handel started in his hometown as an organist, and settled more or less permanently in London in 1717. By then he already had a career in Italy, where he was very suc- cessful as a young composer and kept company with the likes of Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti. Handel saw himself primarily as a composer of vocal music. He had written several operas, which had been performed to much acclaim in Italy and Germany. His first opera, Almira, which has Italian as well as German arias and recitatives, was premiered as early as 1705 in Hamburg. In Italy he learned a great deal about opera from Alessandro Scarlatti, and audiences in that country were wildly enthusiastic about his operas.

Tracklist:

01 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 1 in B flat major HWV 312- I. Allegro
02 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 1 in B flat major HWV 312- II. Largo
03 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 1 in B flat major HWV 312- III. Allegro
04 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major HWV 313- I. Vivace
05 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major HWV 313- II. Largo
06 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major HWV 313- III. Allegro
07 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major HWV 313- IV. (Moderato)
08 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major HWV 313- V. (Allegro)
09 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 3 in G major HWV 314- I. Largo e Staccato
10 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 3 in G major HWV 314- II. Allegro
11 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 3 in G major HWV 314- III. Adagio
12 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 3 in G major HWV 314- IV. Allegro
13 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 4 in F major HWV 315- I. Andante – Allegro lentamente
14 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 4 in F major HWV 315- II. Andante
15 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 4 in F major HWV 315- III. Allegro
16 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 4 in F major HWV 315- IV. Minuetto
17 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor HWV 316- I. Largo
18 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor HWV 316- II. Allegro
19 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor HWV 316- III. Adagio
20 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor HWV 316- IV. Allegro ma non troppo
21 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor HWV 316- V. Allegro
22 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 6 in D major HWV 317- I. Vivace
23 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 6 in D major HWV 317- II. Cadenza
24 – Concerti grossi Op. 3 No. 6 in D major HWV 317- III. Allegro