Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3; Sonata a 5 (2007)

Rich and sonorous but robust and strong, Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music's January 2006 recording of Handel's Concerti grossi, Op. 3, is exemplary Handel playing. The Academy, of course, are long familiar with how to play Handel: they've been performing his music as a group since being started in England by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, and the group has been familiar to an international audience since a 1982 recording of Messiah. With an 11-piece string section, a six-piece wind section, and a ... Read More

Rich and sonorous but robust and strong, Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music's January 2006 recording of Handel's Concerti grossi, Op. 3, is exemplary Handel playing. The Academy, of course, are long familiar with how to play Handel: they've been performing his music as a group since being started in England by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, and the group has been familiar to an international audience since a 1982 recording of Messiah. With an 11-piece string section, a six-piece wind section, and a two-piece continuo section, the Academy remains a chamber-sized orchestra in numbers, but a Baroque big band in practice. Led by veteran violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk, the strings are trim but muscular, capable of delicacy as well as gravity. Featuring Rachel Brown as principal flute and recorder and the dulcet oboe pairing of Frank de Bruine and Lars Henriksson, the winds add color, depth, and edge to the strings. Egarr, who has many previous excellent solo and chamber recordings to his... Read Less

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