Handel / Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin / Forck: Concerti Grossi 6 (7-12) - SUPER-AUDIO CD

Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin Forck: Concerti Grossi 6 (7-12) - SUPER-AUDIO CD

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Title:

Concerti Grossi 6 (7-12)

Artist:

Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin Forck

Label:

Pentatone

Product Type:

SUPER-AUDIO CD

UPC:

827949073861

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2020-01-17

Number of Discs:

1

Additional Details:

HYBRID SACD

The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin continue their Handel trilogy with this recording of the last six concerti grossi of the composer's Op. 6. Originally designed as attractive interludes to English oratorio performances, Handel's concerti grossi soon gained fame as some of the most appealing orchestral music of the baroque era. With these pieces, written in London towards the end of his career, Handel paid tribute to the immensely popular concerti grossi of Corelli while simultaneously proving his mastery, incorporating all musical styles of his times into his work. The players of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, led by their concertmaster Bernhard Forck, demonstrate why many consider them the best baroque ensemble of today. The concerti grossi Op. 6 are concluded with this second instalment, and a recording of the concerti grossi Op. 3 will complete the trilogy. The ensemble's first PENTATONE album, Cantata (2018) with countertenor Bejun Mehta, won a Diapason d'or. Their 2019 recording of the first six Op. 6 concerti grossi was hailed as "immaculately played... free of fashionable eccentricities" by The Sunday Times, while Klassik praised the ensemble's playing as "eloquent".

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