Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner - Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 (1968/2024)
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FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 200:46 minutes | 2,12 GB
Classical | Label: Decca Records, Official Digital Download
The Twelve Grand Concertos, Op. 6, HWV 319–330, by George Frideric Handel are concerti grossi for a concertino trio of two violins and cello and a ripieno four-part string orchestra with harpsichord continuo. First published by subscription in London by John Walsh in 1739, they became in a second edition two years later Handel's Opus 6. Taking the older concerto da chiesa and concerto da camera of Arcangelo Corelli as models, rather than the later three-movement Venetian concerto of Antonio Vivaldi favoured by Johann Sebastian Bach, they were written to be played during performances of Handel's oratorios and odes.