Handel: Concerti A Due Cori - Freiburger Barockorchester

Freiburger Barockorchester

Gottfried von der Goltz - Conductor

Petra Müllejans - Conductor

The concerto genre gave Handel an opportunity to reuse material from his choral works by presenting ‘transcriptions’ enriched with multiple effects. The contrasts of timbre, volume and colour between the strings and the two cori of wind instruments add a highly theatrical dimension that forms the basis of this interpretation by the Freiburger Barockorchester. This music is immediately attractive and immensely lively.

Concerto a due cori, HWV 334
F major / Fa majeur / F-Dur

1I. Ouverture 1'42
2II. Allegro 2'46
3III. Allegro ma non troppo 3'08
4IV. Adagio 2'26
5V. Andante larghetto 3'23
6VI. Allegro 4'10
Concerto a due cori, HWV 332
B flat major / Si bémol majeur / B-Dur

7I. Ouverture 1'25
8II. Allegro ma non troppo 2'17
9III. Allegro 2'31
10IV. Largo 2'31
11V. A tempo ordinario 1'37
12VI. Alle breve moderato 2'22
13VII. Minuet 2'05
Concerto a due cori, HWV 333
F major / Fa majeur / F-Dur

14I. Pomposo 1'46
15II. Allegro 1'58
16III. A tempo giusto 2'52
17IV. Largo 2'14
18V. Allegro ma non troppo 3'48
19VI. A tempo ordinario 3'26