Handel: Complete Recorder Sonatas
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I. Largo
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II. Vivace
02:53
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III. Furioso
01:58
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IV. Adagio
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V. Alla breve
01:46
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VI. Andante
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VII. A tempo di menuet
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I. Grave
02:25
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II. Allegro
02:03
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III. Alla siciliana
01:18
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IV. Allegro
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I. Larghetto
03:07
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II. Allegro
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III. Adagio
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IV. Allegro
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I. Larghetto
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II. Allegro
02:06
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III. Larghetto
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IV. A tempo di gavotta
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V. Allegro
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I. Corrente
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II. Adagio
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III. Allegro
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I. Larghetto
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II. Andante
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III. Adagio
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IV. Presto
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This recording of the complete Handel’s recorder sonatas is characterized by a newfangled, Mediterranean and daring reading; an exuberant continuo and improvised ornamentation are common elements in the all sonatas. Mediterrània Consort bases its performance on the constant search for the implicit affetti in this great work by the German composer.
Six Handel's sonatas are aimed for recorder, while the other ones are aimed for oboe, recorder flute, and violin. As it was customary at the time, the autographs did not always explicitly state for which instrument they were aimed. Yet, in many cases, it can be deduced only from the tessitura, the key, or the music’s nature. Four of them (HWV 362 in A minor, HWV 365 in C major, HWV 369 in F major, and HWV 360 in G minor) appeared in the aforementioned editions by Walsh and Chrysander. In Walsh’s edition, the Sonata HWV 367a in D minor was transposed to B minor for transverse flute (Sonata HWV 367b). The autograph of this sonata and the autograph of the Sonata HWV 377 in B flat, preserved in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, set the grounds of Thurston Dart’s edition of 1948, titled Fitzwilliam Sonatas, which randomly redistributed the original material.
It may come as a shock that Handel chose the pure and linear timbre of the recorder to perform such a theatrical repertoire. The appearance of the recorder was often related to pastoral scenes and tended to imitate birdsong, and so it was in Handel’s vocal music most of the time. In sonatas, though, the player faces an unusual range of expressive registers, which reach their peak with the fervent Furioso of the Sonata HWV 367a in D minor. The player must make the most of their resources to make the audience experience the passions of each movement. One of these resources is liberal ornamentation, which was made popular by Handelian singers. © IBS Classical
1. Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 9a, HWV 367a: I. Largo
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
2. Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 9a, HWV 367a: II. Vivace
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
3. Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 9a, HWV 367a: III. Furioso
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
4. Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 9a, HWV 367a: IV. Adagio
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
5. Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 9a, HWV 367a: V. Alla breve
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
6. Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 9a, HWV 367a: VI. Andante
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
7. Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 9a, HWV 367a: VII. A tempo di menuet
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
8. Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 No. 11, HWV 369: I. Grave
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
9. Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 No. 11, HWV 369: II. Allegro
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
10. Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 No. 11, HWV 369: III. Alla siciliana
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
11. Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 No. 11, HWV 369: IV. Allegro
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
12. Recorder Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 4, HWV 362: I. Larghetto
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
13. Recorder Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 4, HWV 362: II. Allegro
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
14. Recorder Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 4, HWV 362: III. Adagio
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
15. Recorder Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1 No. 4, HWV 362: IV. Allegro
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
16. Recorder Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 7, HWV 365: I. Larghetto
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
17. Recorder Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 7, HWV 365: II. Allegro
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
18. Recorder Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 7, HWV 365: III. Larghetto
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
19. Recorder Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 7, HWV 365: IV. A tempo di gavotta
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
20. Recorder Sonata in C Major, Op. 1 No. 7, HWV 365: V. Allegro
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
21. Recorder Sonata in B-Flat Major, HWV 377: I. Corrente
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
22. Recorder Sonata in B-Flat Major, HWV 377: II. Adagio
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
23. Recorder Sonata in B-Flat Major, HWV 377: III. Allegro
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
24. Praeludium in F Minor, HWV 568 (Arr. for Archlute)
- Primary Artist
- Juan Carlos De Mulder
- Arranger
- Anonymous
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- Juan Carlos De Mulder
25. Recorder Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 2, HWV 360: I. Larghetto
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
26. Recorder Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 2, HWV 360: II. Andante
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
27. Recorder Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 2, HWV 360: III. Adagio
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
28. Recorder Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 2, HWV 360: IV. Presto
- Primary Artist
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David Antich
Mediterrània Consort - Ensemble
- Mediterrània Consort
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Artist
- David Antich
Technical Specifications
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- 1 volume only
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- ALBUM
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- Digital Media
- Duration
- 1 hour, 0 minutes and 47 seconds
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- Genres
- Classical, Chamber Music
- Label
- IBS Classical
- Music Distribution Service
- Naxos of America Inc.
- Country
Spain
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- Release Date
- Jun 23, 2022
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- 8436597700306