Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Handel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12 (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Bernhard Forck – Händel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:58 minutes | 1,5 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © PentaTone

This second volume of Handel’s Concerti grossi from Opus 6 was recorded by the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin under the direction of Bernhard Frock, completing the first part published in July 2019. Once again, the sound recording is magnificently natural, brilliantly capturing the venue’s spatiality and the instruments’ full-bodied timbres.

Among the many great qualities of this Handel trilogy (the third edition will include the Concerti, Op. 3), the ensemble’s perfectly united playing stands out, without any of the hard or speedy gushes that so often become the hallmarks of less stylistically astute ensembles. While Handel used Corelli as a model for his concerto grosso, importing it to London, the Berlin musicians offer a calm and serene version, one which is often steeped with melancholy, the fruit of a mature composer who absorbed all the different musical styles he heard around him and turned it into something truly unique. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
01. Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325: I. Largo (1:05)
02. Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325: II. Allegro (2:42)
03. Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325: III. Largo (2:46)
04. Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325: IV. Andante (3:33)
05. Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325: V. Hornpipe (3:18)
06. Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, HWV 326: I. Allemande (4:30)
07. Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, HWV 326: II. Grave (1:31)
08. Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, HWV 326: III. Andante allegro (1:48)
09. Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, HWV 326: IV. Adagio (1:15)
10. Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, HWV 326: V. Siciliana. Andante (2:59)
11. Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 8, HWV 326: VI. Allegro (1:16)
12. Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, HWV 327: I. Largo (1:29)
13. Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, HWV 327: II. Allegro (3:38)
14. Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, HWV 327: III. Larghetto (2:51)
15. Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, HWV 327: IV. Allegro (1:54)
16. Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, HWV 327: V. Menuet (1:24)
17. Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, HWV 327: VI. Gigue. Allegro (1:57)
18. Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: I. Ouverture (3:49)
19. Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: II. Air. Lentement (2:49)
20. Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: III. Allegro (2:09)
21. Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: IV. Allegro (2:54)
22. Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: V. Allegro moderato (1:38)
23. Concerto grosso in A Major, Op. 6 No. 11, HWV 329: I. Andante larghetto e staccato (4:17)
24. Concerto grosso in A Major, Op. 6 No. 11, HWV 329: II. Allegro (1:34)
25. Concerto grosso in A Major, Op. 6 No. 11, HWV 329: III. Largo e staccato (0:44)
26. Concerto grosso in A Major, Op. 6 No. 11, HWV 329: IV. Andante (3:54)
27. Concerto grosso in A Major, Op. 6 No. 11, HWV 329: V. Allegro (5:46)
28. Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: I. Largo (1:50)
29. Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: II. Allegro (3:19)
30. Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: III. Aria. Larghetto e piano (2:48)
31. Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: IV. Largo (0:36)
32. Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330: V. Allegro (2:11)