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Handel / Van Diemen's Band / Gester- Six Concerti Grossi 3 (Hybr)

SKU: 7318599920795
¥154.00
the album cover for Handel / Van Diemen's Band / Gester - Six Concerti Grossi 3 (Hybr)
the album cover for Handel / Van Diemen's Band / Gester - Six Concerti Grossi 3 (Hybr)

What we know as 'Handel's Opus 3' is most likely little more than a brazen attempt by the London publisher John Walsh to make some quick money. In 1715, Walsh had issued a pirated edition of Corelli's 12 Concerti Grossi Opus 6 which proved an instant success and left him constantly looking for similar opportunities. Almost 20 years later, perhaps in the knowledge that the royal protection granted to Handel's musical output was about to expire, Walsh assembled a set of six orchestral pieces for a wide range of instruments. He prefaced them with a wholly misleading title-page - based on Corelli's style-defining collection - and advertised them as Handel's 'Opera Terza'. It is likely that Handel never took part in the selection and organization of the individual movements, although he may have been involved in the revisions made when a reprint was necessary a few years later. Selected from various sources, the six concertos certainly don't form an organic cycle - in complete contrast to the future Op.?6 concerti grossi, which Handel carefully conceived as a set. The fact remains that Opus 3 contains some of Handel's best-loved music, in instrumental combinations that are colorful and often unexpected - aspects that Martin Gester and his musicians in the Tasmanian period band Van Diemen's Band make the most of.

Tracklist:

  1. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: I. Vivace
  2. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: II. Largo
  3. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: III. Allegro
  4. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: IV. Tempo Di Minuetto
  5. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: V. Gavotte
  6. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: Ia. Largo E Staccato
  7. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: Ib. Allegro
  8. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: II. Adagio
  9. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: IV. Allegro
  10. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: I. Grave
  11. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: II. Allegro
  12. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: III. Adagio
  13. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
  14. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: V. Allegro
  15. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, Hwv 317: Ia. Vivace
  16. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, Hwv 317: Ib. Adagio
  17. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, Hwv 317: II. Allegro
  18. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": I. Andante
  19. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": II. Andante
  20. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": III. Allegro
  21. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": IV. Minuetto Alternativo
  22. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, Hwv 312: I. Allegro
  23. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, Hwv 312: II. Largo
  24. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, Hwv 312: III. Allegro

UPC > 7318599920795

Format > New CD

Label > Bis

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Handel / Van Diemen's Band / Gester- Six Concerti Grossi 3 (Hybr)

SKU: 7318599920795
¥154.00

Release Date: 05.07.2021

 
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What we know as 'Handel's Opus 3' is most likely little more than a brazen attempt by the London publisher John Walsh to make some quick money. In 1715, Walsh had issued a pirated edition of Corelli's 12 Concerti Grossi Opus 6 which proved an instant success and left him constantly looking for similar opportunities. Almost 20 years later, perhaps in the knowledge that the royal protection granted to Handel's musical output was about to expire, Walsh assembled a set of six orchestral pieces for a wide range of instruments. He prefaced them with a wholly misleading title-page - based on Corelli's style-defining collection - and advertised them as Handel's 'Opera Terza'. It is likely that Handel never took part in the selection and organization of the individual movements, although he may have been involved in the revisions made when a reprint was necessary a few years later. Selected from various sources, the six concertos certainly don't form an organic cycle - in complete contrast to the future Op.?6 concerti grossi, which Handel carefully conceived as a set. The fact remains that Opus 3 contains some of Handel's best-loved music, in instrumental combinations that are colorful and often unexpected - aspects that Martin Gester and his musicians in the Tasmanian period band Van Diemen's Band make the most of.

Tracklist:

  1. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: I. Vivace
  2. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: II. Largo
  3. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: III. Allegro
  4. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: IV. Tempo Di Minuetto
  5. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, Hwv 313: V. Gavotte
  6. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: Ia. Largo E Staccato
  7. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: Ib. Allegro
  8. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: II. Adagio
  9. Concerto Grosso In G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, Hwv 314: IV. Allegro
  10. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: I. Grave
  11. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: II. Allegro
  12. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: III. Adagio
  13. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
  14. Concerto Grosso In D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, Hwv 316: V. Allegro
  15. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, Hwv 317: Ia. Vivace
  16. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, Hwv 317: Ib. Adagio
  17. Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, Hwv 317: II. Allegro
  18. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": I. Andante
  19. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": II. Andante
  20. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": III. Allegro
  21. Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, Hwv 315 "Orchestra": IV. Minuetto Alternativo
  22. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, Hwv 312: I. Allegro
  23. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, Hwv 312: II. Largo
  24. Concerto Grosso In B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, Hwv 312: III. Allegro

UPC > 7318599920795

Format > New CD

Label > Bis

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