Handel: Organ Concertos (SACD)
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1)
Artist
Christian Schmitt organ
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Nicol Matt conductor
with
Charlotte Balzereit harp
Format
1 SACD
Cat. number
92605
EAN code
5028421926056
Release
April 2006
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About this release
Available on SACD, organ concertos by Handel. Organist Christian Schmitt plays the concertos Nos. 1, 3, 10 and 14, together with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. They are spacious yet intimate performances in which detailed attention is paid to dynamics and effective registration. The SACD technique enhances these qualities even further.
An organ concerto on harp? Yes. The sixth concerto is often performed on the organ since the composer entered it as such in the first edition of the 6 concertos opus 4. However, Handel originally wrote it for the harp. On this SACD harpist Charlotte Balzereit plays this at times glorious piece in a delightfully joyous manner.
Track list
Disk 1
1 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op. 4/1 : Larghetto E Staccato-
2 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op. 4/1 : Allegro
3 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op. 4/1 : Adagio
4 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No.1 In G Minor Op. 4/1 : Andante
5 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 3 In G Minor Op. 4/3 : Adagio
6 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 3 In G Minor Op. 4/3 : Adagio
7 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 3 In G Minor Op. 4/3 : Allegro
8 George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto In B Flat Major Op. 4/6 : Andante Allegro
9 George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto In B Flat Major Op. 4/6 : Larghetto
10 George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto In B Flat Major Op. 4/6 : Allegro Moderato
11 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 10 In D Minor Op. 7/4 : Adagio
12 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 10 In D Minor Op. 7/4 : Allegro Cosi Cosi
13 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 10 In D Minor Op. 7/4 : Organo Ad Libitum
14 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 10 In D Minor Op. 7/4 : Allegro
15 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 14 In A Major HWV 296a : Largo E Staccato
16 George Frideric Handel: Organo Ad Libitum: Air In A Major HWV 468
17 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 14 In A Major HWV 296a : Andante
18 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 14 In A Major HWV 296a : Grave: Organo Ad Libitum
19 George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 14 In A Major HWV 296a : Allegro