HANDEL THE EUROPEAN
The complete Concerti grossi Op. 6
The crowning of a genre
Handel’s Concerti grossi, Op. 6, are for Baroque music what the Crown Jewels are for the English monarchy. Handel took a whole month to write this cycle – more time than for The Messiah. In the autumn of 1739 he thus created the culmination of a truly great genre – twelve concerti grossi that could be all things: gentle pastorale or Baroque gem, gallant song or resounding symphony, orchestral suite in luminous D Major or in dark D Minor, a tribute to opera and an intermezzo for biblical oratorios. Johannes Pramsohler and his musicians very consciously understand these twelve concerti as the cycle that crowns Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and Telemann’s Musique de table, and discover anew in each individual work the eloquent wealth of Handel’s string writing. A crown of twelve gemstones, brightly polished by an award-winning ensemble.
The "Twelve grand concertos"
Handel's life told in four nights
Handel and England (Opera)
with Yun-Jung Choi, soprano
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 1 in G Major
Aria “V’adoro pupille” (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Aria “Ah! Spietato” (Amadigi)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 11 in A Major
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Aria “Se pietà di me non senti” (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 5 in D Major
“Lascia ch’io pianga” arr. William Babell for Cembalo solo
Aria “Scoglio d’immota fronte” (Scipione)
with Yun Jung Choi, soprano
Handel and England (Oratorio)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 10 in D Minor
Aria “Softest sounds” (Athalia)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 2 in F Major
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Aria „Myself I shall adore” (Semele)
Aria “Guardian Angels” (The triumph of time and truth)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 6 in G Minor
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (Messiah)
with Philippe Grisvard, harpsichord
Handel and Germany
Johann Mattheson
Prelude in B-flat Major (solo harpsichord)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 7 in B-flat Major
Johann Philipp Krieger
Toccata in A Minor (solo harpsichord)
Handel Sonatina in A Minor, HWV 584 (solo harpsichord)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 4 in A Minor
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Johann Georg Pisendel
Violin concerto in G Minor
Handel Präludium in D Minor, HWV 563 (solo harpsichord)
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow
Capriccio in D Minor (solo harpsichord)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 9 in F Major
with Nahuel Di Pierro, bass
Handel & Italy
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 3 in E Minor
Aria “Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori” (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 12 in B Minor
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Cantate “Cuopre talvolta il cielo” HWV 98
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 in C Minor
