Ensemble Amarillis – Handel: Melodies in Mind (Suites & Trio Sonatas) (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

When the ensemble Amarillis focuses on Handel, the musicians reinvent the genre of the baroque suite. They take advantage of their variable formation to concoct a joyous musical ballet in homage to the most Italian of the English composers. No voice here, and yet what lyricism in these pages!

Thanks to transcriptions that constantly renew the instrumentation of the program, the performers emphasize the colours of this contrasting and special anthology of Handel’s Suites and Trio Sonatas.

Tracklist:
01. Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, HWV 386b: I. Largo
02. Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, HWV 386b: II. Allegro
03. Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, HWV 386b: III. Andante
04. Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, HWV 386b: IV. Allegro
05. Concerto for Harpsichord in G Major, HWV 487 (Transcription for Recorder, Violin and Continuo) (First Imaginary Suite)
06. Larghetto for Harpsichord in G Minor, HWV 580 (Transcription for Harpsichord and Cello) (First Imaginary Suite)
07. Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in G Major, HWV 358: I. Allegro (First Imaginary Suite)
08. Impertinence for Harpsichord in G Minor, HWV 494 (Transcription for Soprano Recorder, Violin and Continuo) (First Imaginary Suite)
09. Menuet for Harpsichord in G Minor, HWV 434/4 (First Imaginary Suite)
10. Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in G Major, HWV 358: II. Adagio (First Imaginary Suite)
11. Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in G Major, HWV 358: III. Allegro (First Imaginary Suite)
12. Chaconne for Harpsichord in G Major, HWV 435 (Transcription for Recorder, Violin and Continuo by Erik Desimpelaere) (First Imaginary Suite)
13. Suite No. 2 for Harpsichord in F Major, HWV 427: I. Adagio
14. Suite No. 2 for Harpsichord in F Major, HWV 427: II. Allegro
15. Trio Sonata for Recorder, Violin and Continuo in F Major, Op. 2 No. 4, HWV 389: I. Larghetto
16. Trio Sonata for Recorder, Violin and Continuo in F Major, Op. 2 No. 4, HWV 389: II. Allegro
17. Trio Sonata for Recorder, Violin and Continuo in F Major, Op. 2 No. 4, HWV 389: III. Adagio
18. Trio Sonata for Recorder, Violin and Continuo in F Major, Op. 2 No. 4, HWV 389: IV. Allegro
19. Trio Sonata for Recorder, Violin and Continuo in F Major, Op. 2 No. 4, HWV 389: V. Allegro
20. Suite No. 3 for Harpsichord in D Minor, HWV 428: III. Allemande (Second Imaginary Suite)
21. Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in B-Flat Major, HWV 377: I. Allegro (Transcription for Recorder, Violin and Continuo) (Second Imaginary Suite)
22. Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in B-Flat Major, HWV 377: II. Adagio (Transcription for Recorder, Violin and Continuo) (Second Imaginary Suite)
23. Suite No. 7 for Harpsichord in G Minor, HWV 432: III. Allegro (Second Imaginary Suite)
24. Duo for Recorder and Violin in B-Flat Major, HWV 470 (Second Imaginary Suite)
25. Suite No. 7 for Harpsichord in B-Flat Major, HWV 440: III. Sarabande (Second Imaginary Suite)
26. Sonata for Violin and Continuo in B-Flat Major, HWV 377: III. Gigue (Second Imaginary Suite)
27. Suite for Harpsichord in D Minor, HWV 449: V. Aria (Transcription for Recorder, Violin and Continuo by Erik Desimpelaere) (Second Imaginary Suite)