Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 Berliner Barock Solisten & Reinhard Goebel

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312:
• 1 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: I. Allegro 02:38
• 2 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: II. Largo 04:42
• 3 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: III. Allegro 01:18
• Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313:
• 4 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: I. Vivace - Grave 01:51
• 5 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo 02:35
• 6 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: III. Allegro 02:14
• 7 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: IV. Menuett 02:26
• 8 Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: V. Gavotte 03:20
• Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314:
• 9 Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314: I. Largo e staccato - Allegro 03:05
• 10 Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314: II. Adagio 00:50
• 11 Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 3 No. 3, HWV 314: III. Allegro 04:08
• Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, HWV 315:
• 12 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, HWV 315: I. Andante - Allegro 06:12
• 13 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, HWV 315: II. Andante 01:38
• 14 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, HWV 315: III. Allegro 01:33
• 15 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4a, HWV 315: IV. Minuetto 05:56
• Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316:
• 16 Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: I. — 01:36
• 17 Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: II. Allegro 02:31
• 18 Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: III. Adagio 01:22
• 19 Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: IV. Allegro ma non tropüpo 01:42
• 20 Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: V. Allegro 02:52
• 21 Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317: I. Vivace 03:00
• 22 Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 3 No. 6, HWV 317: II. Allegro 03:35
• Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b (Attrib. Handel):
• 23 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b (Attrib. Handel): I. Largo 01:41
• 24 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b (Attrib. Handel): II. Allegro 03:14
• 25 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b (Attrib. Handel): III. Largo 03:30
• 26 Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4b (Attrib. Handel): IV. Allegro 01:41
• Total Runtime 01:11:10

Info for Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

In the "Concerti Opus 3" Handel prescribes the standard orchestra for the late Baroque era: two oboes, strings and a continuo group. However, we learn from the solo-tutti supplements and the court account books that the ensemble was in fact larger and more polyphonic than the original, simple manuscript and the subsequent modern score suggest: occasionally the number of bassoons was equal to that of the cellos, though they were only given solo parts when they were disengaged from the bass group of instruments. It was common practice too – not in Cöthen or Hamburg, it is true, but certainly in Dresden, Paris and London – for at least two if not three oboists to be assigned to each part, these being augmented by special instruments such as the old-style recorder and the new transverse flute, and after 1750 the Clarinet. The Concerto Opus 3, no. 1 requires a total of six obbligato wind instruments (two oboes, two recorders and two bassoons) and is therefore no "odd man out" composition, but rather reproduces fairly accurately the minimum range that an orchestra at Handel's disposal would have comprised: in the middle movement of the concerto, two ripieno oboists take up recorders, and then return to the fold as oboists afterwards.

Berliner Barock Solisten
Reinhard Goebel, direction

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