Handel: The Organ Concertos,op. 7 (2 CDs)

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• Composer Georg Friedrich Handel

• 1 Concerto no. 1 in B flat major HWV 306: Andante
• 2 Andante Adagio
• 3 Largo e piano
• 4 Allegro
• 5 Organo ab libitum: Adagio from sonata for Harpsichord in G minor
• 6 Bourree: Allegro
• 7 Concerto no. 2 in A major HWV 307: Ouverture
• 8 A tempo ordinario
• 9 Organo ad libitum: Adagio from Sonata for Violin and Continuo in A major
• 10 Allegro
• 11 Concerto no. 3 in B flat major HWV 308: Allegro
• 12 Organo ad libitum: Adagio Fuge Adagio from the Ouverture to “Giuestino” Fige: no. 3 (HWV 607) in B flat major from the “6 Fugues for Harpsichord” (1735)
• 13 Spiritoso
• 14 Menuet
• 15 Concerto no. 4 in D minor HWV 309: Adagio
• 16 Allegro cosi cosi
• 17 Organo ad libitum: Fuga. Larghetto Transcription of part of chorus “Eternal monarch of the sky” from the oratorio “Joseph and his Brethren”
• 18 Allegro
• 19 Concerto no. 5 in G minor HWV 310: Staccato ma non troppo allegro
• 20 Antande larghetto e staccato
• 21 Menuet
• 22 Gavotte
• 23 Concerto no. 6 in B flat major HWV 311: Pomposo
• 24 Organo ad libitum: Air. Lentement from an unpublished Sinfonia in B flat major (an earlier version of the Organ Concerto)
• 25 Air. A tempo ordinario
• 26 Organ Concerto in F major HWV 295 “The Cucko and the Nightingale”: Larghetto
• 27 Allegro
• 28 Larghetto
• 29 Allegro
• 30 Organ Concerto in A major HWV 296: Largo e staccato
• 31 Organo ad libitum: Fuga. Allegro from Sonata for violin and Continuo in A major
• 32 Andante
• 33 Grave
• 34 Allegro
• 35 Organ Concerto in D minor HWV 304: Andante
• 36 Concerto no. 5 in G minor HWV 310: Staccato ma non troppo allegro
• 37 Antande larghetto e staccato
• 38 Menuet
• 39 Gavotte
• 40 Concerto no. 6 in B flat major HWV 311: Pomposo
• 41 Organo ad libitum: Air. Lentement from an unpublished Sinfonia in B flat major (an earlier version of the Organ Concerto)
• 42 Air. A tempo ordinario
• 43 Organ Concerto in F major HWV 295 “The Cucko and the Nightingale”: Larghetto
• 44 Allegro
• 45 Larghetto
• 46 Allegro
• 47 Organ Concerto in A major HWV 296: Largo e staccato
• 48 Organo ad libitum: Fuga. Allegro from Sonata for violin and Continuo in A major
• 49 Andante
• 50 Grave
• 51 Allegro
• 52 Organ Concerto in D minor HWV 304: Andante

GEORGE FRIDERICK HANDEL
The Organ Concertos, op. 7

CD 1
6 Concerti per I’organo opus 7
Concerto no. 1 in B flat major HWV 306
1. Andante
2. Andante Adagio
3. Largo e piano
4. Allegro
5. Organo ab libitum: Adagio from sonata for Harpsichord in G minor
6. Bourree: Allegro
Concerto no. 2 in A major HWV 307
7. Ouverture
8. A tempo ordinario
9. Organo ad libitum: Adagio from Sonata for Violin and Continuo in A major
10. Allegro
Concerto no. 3 in B flat major HWV 308
11. Allegro
12. Organo ad libitum: Adagio Fuge Adagio from the Ouverture to “Giuestino” Fige: no. 3 (HWV 607) in B flat major from the “6 Fugues for Harpsichord” (1735)
13. Spiritoso
14. Menuet
Concerto no. 4 in D minor HWV 309
15. Adagio
16. Allegro cosi cosi
17. Organo ad libitum: Fuga. Larghetto Transcription of part of chorus “Eternal monarch of the sky” from the oratorio “Joseph and his Brethren”
18. Allegro
Soloists: Anthony Pleeth
Richard Webb, violincello I & II:
Alastair Mitchell Felix Warnock,
Bassoon I & II

CD 2
Concerto no. 5 in G minor HWV 310
1. Staccato ma non troppo allegro
2. Antande larghetto e staccato
3. Menuet
4. Gavotte
Concerto no. 6 in B flat major HWV 311
5. Pomposo
6. Organo ad libitum: Air. Lentement from an unpublished Sinfonia in B flat major (an earlier version of the Organ Concerto)
7. Air. A tempo ordinario

Bonus Tracks
Organ Concerto in F major HWV 295
“The Cucko and the Nightingale”
8. Larghetto
9. Allegro
10. Larghetto
11. Allegro
Organ Concerto in A major HWV 296
12. Largo e staccato
13. Organo ad libitum: Fuga. Allegro from Sonata for violin and Continuo in A major
14. Andante
15. Grave
16. Allegro
Organ Concerto in D minor HWV 304
17. Andante
18. Organo ad libitum: Adagio. Fuga Adagio from Suite no. 2 in F major from: “Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin” I Fuga:Transcription of part of chorus “O God who in thy heav’nly hand” from the oratorio “Joseph and his Brethren”
19. Allegro

Scoring: solo organ, oboe I & II, bassoon
strings (6/6/4/3/2), theorbo, harpsichord
The English Concert on authentic instruments
Directed from the harpsichord by: Trevor Pinnock