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Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 3 / Minkowski

Handel / Minkowski
Release Date: 09/24/2010 
Label:  Apex   Catalog #: 2564681623   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Christian Moreaux,  Aline Zylberajch,  Alice Piérot,  Sébastien Marq,   ... 
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Number of Discs: 1 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

"Handel’s Op. 3 set of Concerti grossi are given exceptionally spirited performances here, benefiting from the pungent but also plangently expressive tone of the period instruments. The slow movements are beautifully realised, the fast ones invigorating, with extremely brisk tempi and trenchant, even fierce, articulation."
-- Barry Millington, BBC Music Magazine "Handel’s Op. 3 set of Concerti grossi are given exceptionally spirited performances here, benefiting from the pungent but also plangently expressive tone of the period instruments. The slow movements are beautifully realised, the fast ones invigorating, with extremely brisk tempi and trenchant, even fierce, articulation."
-- Barry Millington, BBC Music Magazine Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3/HWV 312-317 by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 12/1992 
Venue:  Salle Berthier, Paris 
Length: 60 Minutes 16 Secs. 
2.
Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3: no 4b in F major, HWV 315 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Christian Moreaux (Oboe)
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 12/1992 
Venue:  Salle Berthier, Paris 
Length: 11 Minutes 36 Secs. 
3.
Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3: no 6 in D major/D minor, HWV 317 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Aline Zylberajch (Organ)
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 12/1992 
Venue:  Salle Berthier, Paris 
Length: 6 Minutes 37 Secs. 
4.
Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3: no 5 in D minor, HWV 316 by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 12/1992 
Venue:  Salle Berthier, Paris 
Length: 9 Minutes 26 Secs. 
5.
Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3: no 1 in B flat major, HWV 312 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Alice Piérot (Violin), Christian Moreaux (Oboe)
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 12/1992 
Venue:  Salle Berthier, Paris 
Length: 9 Minutes 34 Secs. 
6.
Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3: no 3 in G major, HWV 314 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Sébastien Marq (Recorder), Alice Piérot (Violin), Serge Saitta (Flute)
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 12/1992 
Venue:  Salle Berthier, Paris 
Length: 7 Minutes 5 Secs. 
7.
Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3: no 2 in B flat major, HWV 313 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Claire Giardelli (Cello), Marion Middenway (Cello), Jean-Philippe Thiebaut (Oboe),
Nicolas Mazzeloni (Violin), Alice Piérot (Violin), Christian Moreaux (Oboe)
Conductor:  Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 12/1992 
Venue:  Salle Berthier, Paris 
Length: 11 Minutes 34 Secs. 

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 Excellent period instrument performances March 5, 2015 By Paul Chummers (San Jose, CA) See All My Reviews "My baseline performances of these works is the Marriner/ASMF recording from the mid-60s. I wanted a newer, authentic version and this recording is very satisfactory in that regard. Marc Minkowski and his ensemble offer quite thrilling performances with sound quality that is only a little less than top notch." Report Abuse
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