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G.F. Handel - Concerti Grossi Op. 3/Sonata a 5 [2007] (PS3 SACD rip)

Date: 30 Mar 2012 21:14:36

G.F. Handel - Concerti Grossi Op. 3/Sonata a 5 [2007] (PS3 SACD rip)
SACD ISO image: 3.5 GB | Scans PDF (800 dpi): 34 MB | 5% Recovery
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Catalog Number: HMU 807415 | Direction: Richard Egarr, Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music

Handel’s Op 3 Concerti grossi was his first published set of concertos, although scholars have regarded the level of his personal involvement in John Walsh’s 1734 edition with suspicion. Richard Egarr suggests that Handel might have had more of a hand in the compilation of Op 3 than hitherto identified. Fresh speculation is a healthy opportunity to reconsider matters but the truly significant aspect of this recording is the new attention brought to Handel’s charming music.

It is hard to think of a lovelier moment in all of Handel’s orchestral works than the spellbinding cellos interweaving under a plaintive solo oboe in the Largo of No 2. Likewise, the immense personality of the solo organ runs during the finale of No 6 is a potently precocious display of Handel’s genius at the keyboard.
All such moments come across with vitality and passion.
The AAM has never committed Op 3 to disc before: under Egarr they sound as good as ever, perhaps even reinvigorated and a few degrees sparkier. These are for the most part lively performances full of fizzy finesse. There are several fine recordings that find a little more warmth, sentimentality and intimacy in the music, although the energetic brilliance so prominent in the AAM’s crisply athletic playing has its own rewards.

The musicians are unanimously immersed in the intricacies of the music, but special mention must be made of violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk’s dazzling contribution to the dynamic finale of the ‘Sonata a cinque’ (a sort of violin concerto that Handel presumably composed for Corelli in Rome in about 1707).

Track list

1. – 3. Concerto No. 1 in B flat major/G minor 8:20
4. – 8. Concerto No.2 in B flat major 11:18
9. – 11. Concerto No.3 in G major 8:07
12. – 15. Concerto No. 4 in F major 12:55
16. – 20. Concerto No. 5 in D minor 9:40
21. – 23. Concerto No.6 in D major/D minor 8:16
24. – 26. Sonata a 5 (HWV 288)* 8:56
* SOLO VIOLIN: Pavlo Beznosiuk

Dynamic

foobar2000 1.1.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-03-28 00:24:15

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Analyzed: Harmonia Mundi USA / Handel, Concerti Grossi Op. 3
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -8.66 dB -25.03 dB 2:48 01-Concerto No. 1, in B-flat major/G minor – I
DR11 -9.02 dB -26.02 dB 4:07 02-Concerto No. 1, in B-flat major/G minor – II
DR12 -6.50 dB -24.88 dB 1:23 03-Concerto No. 1, in B-flat major/G minor – III
DR12 -8.42 dB -24.46 dB 1:55 04-Concerto No. 2, in B-flat major – I Vivace
DR11 -11.64 dB -27.85 dB 2:23 05-Concerto No. 2, in B-flat major – II Largo
DR12 -7.68 dB -23.75 dB 2:15 06-Concerto No. 2, in B-flat major – III Allegro
DR12 -10.38 dB -26.15 dB 1:23 07-Concerto No. 2, in B-flat major – IV
DR12 -10.42 dB -25.46 dB 3:22 08-Concerto No. 2, in B-flat major – V
DR14 -7.23 dB -26.49 dB 3:24 09-Concerto No. 3, in G major – I Largo, e staccato-Allegro
DR11 -13.61 dB -28.36 dB 1:02 10-Concerto No. 3, in G major – II Adagio
DR12 -9.12 dB -23.89 dB 3:41 11-Concerto No. 3, in G major – III Allegro
DR12 -9.29 dB -24.48 dB 6:33 12-Concerto No. 4, in F major – I
DR11 -11.66 dB -26.89 dB 2:05 13-Concerto No. 4, in F major – II Andante
DR11 -9.06 dB -24.78 dB 1:38 14-Concerto No. 4, in F major – III Allegro
DR12 -11.63 dB -26.75 dB 2:39 15-Concerto No. 4, in F major – IV Allegro
DR11 -8.83 dB -24.84 dB 1:42 16-Concerto No. 5, in D minor – I
DR12 -6.88 dB -25.12 dB 2:17 17-Concerto No. 5, in D minor – II Fuga. Allegro
DR11 -11.16 dB -26.44 dB 1:25 18-Concerto No. 5, in D minor – III Adagio
DR12 -8.69 dB -25.30 dB 1:36 19-Concerto No. 5, in D minor – IV Allegro ma non troppo
DR13 -8.80 dB -24.78 dB 2:41 20-Concerto No. 5, in D minor – V Allegro
DR12 -7.66 dB -24.68 dB 2:53 21-Concerto No. 6, in D major/D minor – I
DR8 -19.10 dB -31.71 dB 2:00 22-Concerto No. 6, in D major/D minor – Improvisation
DR12 -9.60 dB -26.36 dB 3:22 23-Concerto No. 6, in D major/D minor – II Allegro
DR12 -10.82 dB -26.49 dB 3:43 24-Sonata a 5 (HWV 288) – I Andante
DR13 -10.28 dB -29.53 dB 1:28 25-Sonata a 5 (HWV 288) – II Adagio
DR13 -9.52 dB -26.61 dB 3:46 26-Sonata a 5 (HWV 288) – III Allegro
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Number of tracks: 26
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD
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Album: G.F.Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 - Sonata a 5

Release Date: 2007

Label: Harmonia Mundi [HMU 807415]

Time: 68:04

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